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also counterguerilla
as in guerrilla
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The group began in a Rio de Janeiro prison in the 1970s as a means of self-protection for prisoners, and was inspired by leftist guerrillas.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Their guerrilla tactics were effective, and in 1533 the Spanish signed a treaty with their chief leader, Enriquillo, that ended hostilities in exchange for land and freedom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The existence of the irregulars raises an important question: How small can a galaxy get?—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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The moons, observed from 2019 to 2021 at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, were placed into subgroups within two categories of Saturnian irregulars; the Inuit group contains the Kiviuq and Siarnaq subgroups, and the Norse group contains the Phoebe, Mundilfari, and Kari subgroups.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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In first half of that decade, Palestinian militants from Gaza and Sinai had killed 403 Israelis, including both civilians and soldiers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Other changes include Trump replacing a portrait of former POTUS FDR with a painting of himself as a soldier from Halo.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 Nov. 2025
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Those involve besting a fellow warrior in battle.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Dek is the weakest link in his warrior family, and the arrival of their father cements that fact; there is no sentimentality here as the elder predator orders Kwei to kill his brother and be done with him.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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With El Fasher now apparently in the hands of the RSF, the whole of Darfur is under the paramilitary's control.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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State troopers were on scene while the power lines were cleared from the roadway.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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The trooper went back to his colleagues for a few minutes, then came back to arrest him.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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There was the time when the president and first lady hosted a large dinner to honor servicemen who had been prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Over at the Department of War, meanwhile, schools serving some 71,000 children of servicemen saw DEI wiped out (despite residual legal challenges) in early February.—
Paul du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Just that this is not just a foot soldier.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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