fighters

plural of fighter
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Recent Examples of fighters Let’s look at the outcomes of the previous wars between Hamas fighters in Gaza and Israel. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025 China has reportedly started the mass production of a photon detector that can help build quantum radars to track advanced stealth fighters like the F-22 Raptor jet. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025 The fighters cheer after shooting the detainees. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Hamas fighters have also been seen redeploying in parts of the enclave, raising doubts about whether the ceasefire can hold. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Palestinian security officials said dozens of people had been killed in clashes between Hamas fighters and rivals in recent days. Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 The screen then moved to show live pictures from Gaza, where Hamas fighters held a much more muted ceremony than previous ones where the hostages were paraded around, drawing rebuke from Israel. Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025 Furthermore, under Assad’s government, Syria served as a land bridge between Iran and Lebanon through which Hezbollah fighters transported their military equipment, money and drugs. Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025 In the past, fighters earned points in two regular-season bouts, with the highest point earners moving onto the playoffs. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fighters
Noun
  • Two enemy soldiers are tasked with the farcical mission of guarding a middle-of-nowhere border in the remote desert.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Visitors have reported seeing soldiers strolling across the fields, a general on the back porch and the sounds of a cook who worked for the family during the war.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some boxers who have never even been part of his stable have praised him publicly.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Hatton’s funeral took place in Hyde last Friday, with thousands lining the streets and former boxers Tyson Fury, Tony Bellew, Frank Bruno and Amir Khan among those in attendance.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All the defendants denied the allegations.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The money was not invested as promised and was instead used to make interest payments to previous investors, pay business expenses and on the defendants, the indictment alleges.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most commonsense Americans understand that there is no reason paying America's warriors should be held hostage to arcane debates over housing policy.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The mural featured marigold flowers, which are significant in Mexican culture and tied to the Day of the Dead, and hummingbirds, which are an Aztec symbol that honors fallen warriors, Pérez said.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That is gladiators without swords.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That is violent chess, that is gladiators without swords.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This includes plaintiffs Walker and Robert Holmes, who in 2002 was the first to publicly allege that Lorch abused him as a child and paid for his silence as an adult.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Lawyer Colby Baddour, who represented the plaintiffs, in an interview said AES as part of its lease agreement had a responsibility to ensure American Sporting Supplies was following state regulations.
    Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Displacing the ’90s boom bap and aughts brawlers of her last album is a streak of assiduous ’80s R&B exercises that foreground her gains as a vocalist more often than her gobstopping wordplay as a rapper.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Angel was friends with one of the two initial brawlers inside Norwood’s Williamsbridge Oval Playground, a regular hangout spot for the young teen, but didn’t participate in the outset of the violence.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In ancient Greece, there were professional debaters.
    Solomon D. Stevens, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • At the highest levels, debate is a combination of politics and philosophy, and skilled debaters must master analytical reasoning and the ability to speak as fast as possible.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

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