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Recent Examples of enfiladeHood directed artillery fire under enfilading machine-gun fire.—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025 Tumbling forward under enfilading fire to ALEPPO Pte.—Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023 Bodies were disfigured by thundering artillery bombardments and the scythe-like enfilade fire from machine guns.—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020 At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units.—Washington Post, 29 May 2018
Mastantuono, 18, has the characteristics to contribute from a deeper position, but his signing was intended for more attacking areas, as is being seen.
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Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
An elderly Arkansas man is in the hospital after a black bear attacked him in Franklin County on Wednesday.
Staci Ibarra, another warden who left the department in May — after she was put on administrative leave in the wake of an inmate’s death — assailed a practice in which maximum security inmates had their classification downgraded.
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Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Republicans historically have assailed federal efforts under Democrats to pick winners and losers in the broader economy.
When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Mindy Fitzpatrick considered selling her family’s 6-acre wooded lot on Friendly Road.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Sticker shock, though, is expected to hit when consumers shop for 2026 model year cars and trucks as more of those vehicles arrive at dealer lots, according to Cox Automotive.
That’s what happened to 64-year-old retired nurse Donna Niebauer when, over the course of one terrifying night, Hurricane Helene ravaged her peaceful mountain community of Burnsville, North Carolina and cut off power for more than two months.
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Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Yes, the Lions were bounced from the Divisional Round of the playoffs, but to be fair, they were absolutely ravaged by injuries, particularly on the defensive side of the ball.
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