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firefights

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plural of firefight

as in fires

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Investigators said cellular data showed that one of Brady's devices was either at the scene of the fires or in the area.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Forest and peat fires are an annual problem in Indonesia, which strains relations with neighboring countries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Despite distancing herself from her Democratic predecessor, Klobuchar faced attacks from Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, who ran in the Republican primary, arguing that her leadership would be tantamount to giving Walz another term.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
The attacks come as tensions are rising between the government of western Libya and warlord Mohamed Bahroun, who controls the city of Zawiya.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

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San Francisco police officers would then proceed to smash the driver's window, drag the driver out and pepper-spray him — actions that a San Francisco Department of Police Accountability (DPA) report states were excessive.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Microsoft’s actions are part of a growing charm campaign among big tech companies as data center projects grow more unpopular.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Teams earned points by winning weekly head-to-head battles – tugging a sled across the field the fastest, surviving a heated game of dodgeball – and by simply doing the right thing.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
More recently, the legal battles became the subject of barbs and jokes as comedian Bill Maher accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in late June.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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But that prompted Iran to attack vessels trying to bypass its own corridor, reigniting hostilities and leading to the current standoff.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
But Trump’s decision to resume hostilities in February passed none of the Powell Doctrine’s tests.

— KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026

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