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also counterguerilla
as in guerilla
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Noun
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When Bose arrived in Malaya in 1943 to rally supporters, his insistence that the nationalist movement needed female guerrillas was initially greeted with shock by many.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Apr. 2025 -
Ceasefires had been announced earlier this week by the People's Defense Force, which is the armed wing of the shadow opposition National Unity Government, and the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a trio of ethnic minority guerrilla armies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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The moons, observed from 2019 to 2021 at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, were placed into subgroups within two categories of Saturnian irregulars; the Inuit group contains the Kiviuq and Siarnaq subgroups, and the Norse group contains the Phoebe, Mundilfari, and Kari subgroups.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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In a word, even before yesterday, Donbas was well on its way to becoming Ukraine’s Bosnia -- with Putin playing the part of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, Russia playing the part of Serbia, and Putin’s Donbas supporters playing the part of Bosnian Serb irregulars.—
Alexander J. Motyl,
Foreign Affairs,
17 July 2014
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Moscow has been relying on assistance from North Korean soldiers to push back Kyiv’s advances in the Kursk region of Russia, and has been steadily advancing on the ground in eastern Ukraine, while the US attempts to broker talks that would end the conflict.—
Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Young men are invited to play soldiers; upon locating the hotel (now a private dwelling) where D’Annunzio spent a night en route to the takeover, Bezinović recruits the woman of the house to play the chambermaid ministering to the traveller.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2025
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Users can personalize the prompt by describing features, aesthetic or desired theme—such as space explorer, fantasy warrior or tech ninja.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The first female, named Khaleesi after the warrior queen from Martin’s best-selling books and hit TV adaptation, was born more recently and is about three months old.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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As troopers responded to the area, the wrong-way vehicle reportedly sideswiped another car on the ramp, according to state police.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Vermont State Police agency, established in 1987, employs undercover state troopers as well as local, county and federal law-enforcement officers.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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The largest such killing occurred in late September, 2024, when Russian troops shot to death 16 captured Ukrainian servicemen.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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There are also free filing options available for elderly Americans and current and former U.S. military servicemen and women.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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