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also counterguerillas
as in guerrillas
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In a mountain town controlled by guerrillas, flags hidden for years out of fear reappeared on rooftops.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
10 Dec. 2025 -
Armed with quantitative and qualitative data, matrix members regularly meet with stakeholders – including victims, former guerrillas and politicians – to assess the status of implementation and to identify areas that need to be prioritized.—
Josefina Echavarria Alvarez,
The Conversation,
3 Dec. 2025
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The fact that this extremely complex and grueling mission was successfully executed with so few injuries is a testament to the expertise of our joint warriors.—
January 8,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Loyalty, even in the face of death Two thousand years later, and half a world away, the samurai warriors of Japan also famously focused on honor.—
Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Denmark has mandatory military service for both men and women, but the small number of Greenlandic soldiers who join the Danish defense forces are all volunteers.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Harry then shifted from policy to personal experience, emphasizing that the mission was fatal for many soldiers who were deployed.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Something troopers threatened to use to clear the crowd made a lot of ears perk up.—
Derek James,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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State police said troopers responded to the scene and found that no injuries were reported.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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By the end of the war in 1944, the hotel had seen its share of wear and tear—more than 100,000 servicemen traipsed through the hotel over the two years—and Laughner decided to sell, at quite a loss.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
27 Dec. 2025
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Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank on a road near the border with Russia, in the Sumy region of Ukraine, on August 14, 2024.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Counterguerrillas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrillas. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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