single combat

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Recent Examples of single combat Why Bomber Kills Are Undercounted OSINT analyst Andrew Perpetua who analyzes, tabulates and tries to geolocate every single combat video out of Ukraine , believes that the effect of night bombers is being seriously underestimated. David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Ergo, Peter must best the city’s fiercest warrior in single combat, fly and make a bereaved countess laugh for the first time since her brother died in battle. Michael Nordine, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023 The matter might have ended there, but John kept trying to convince Edward to fight him in single combat for the throne. Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022 Moments later, Helen learned that Paris had agreed to fight her jilted husband, Menelaus, in single combat, to decide the outcome of the war. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022 In the past 18 months, the U.S. has not suffered a single combat casualty there. Mike Pence, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for single combat
Noun
  • That brought retaliatory attacks against Sunni Muslim residents, and there have been pitched battles between armed groups from both sides.
    Reuters, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Parents and teachers on hand for the first day of school said the program was a welcome creation, allowing children to have a semblance of a normal education and social interaction with other students, even as Russian and Ukrainian troops fight pitched battles in the region.
    Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • The attack came two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a university in Utah.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This fire was apparently extinguished quickly, allowing recovery crews to approach the descent module.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Single combat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/single%20combat. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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