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or guerilla
as in soldier
a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit
The guerrillas controlled half the country.
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Recent Examples of guerrilla
Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
Occupying the highland are the Hazerans, who pride themselves on their toughness and their willingness to fight alongside government forces against terrorist guerillas.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me.
—Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
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Noun
Flyaway, an aerial dance company, performed hanging from the back of the overpass at the camp, guerilla-style theatre that thankfully eluded detection by the highway patrol.
—Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
Occupying the highland are the Hazerans, who pride themselves on their toughness and their willingness to fight alongside government forces against terrorist guerillas.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
That was the year that social media really started to take off, which gave restaurants and bars this megaphone to kind of guerrilla market on their own.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me.
—Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guerrilla
Noun
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According to an electoral profile of the former soldier, who is running as a Green Party candidate for a North Carolina senate seat, McGinnis served with the Marines from 2000 to 2004.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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The soldiers identified Wednesday were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento and Maj.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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To many Chicagoans, the warlike atmosphere is the result of the increasing aggression of the federal government.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Primaries can sometimes be a collective balancing act for voters, between what partisans want in a candidate and the strategic approach of anticipating what the wider electorate might want in a candidate.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Millions of Democrats in Texas, Republicans in California and partisans in other states have been effectively disenfranchised, their voices rendered mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The 56-year-old has deep ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the most powerful military and economic organization in Iran.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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The president noted that past military conflicts have dogged his predecessors, mentioning former President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and Jimmy Carter’s handling of the Iran hostage crisis.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While shallow marine ecosystems collapsed under falling oxygen levels, deeper-water species weathered the crisis in more stable conditions, then persisted into the post-extinction world that the Huayuan biota captures.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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Life sciences, marine and pharma are other leading targets.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Earlier in the night, the combative progressive suggested the results would not be known until Wednesday or later after the Texas Supreme Court blocked a Dallas judge who ordered polls to stay open two extra hours after complaints from voters who were turned away.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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This seems a little combative, which is understandable.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Advertisement When Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, then the relatively unknown mayor of Tehran, was propelled to the presidency in 2005, Mojtaba Khamenei was thought to have orchestrated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij paramilitary’s support for his candidacy.—
Kay Armin Serjoie,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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A number of police stations, locations related to the security forces — including the Basij paramilitary — and intelligence facilities across Tehran have been targeted by airstrikes, CBS News producer in Tehran, Seyed Bathei, reports.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While their offer was aggressive, the deal wasn’t done in a numbers vacuum.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Slater had been particularly aggressive against Big Tech companies during her tenure.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Guerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guerrilla. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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