attack
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The weak military lacks advanced air-defense systems and missile capabilities, and possesses only a handful of attack planes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
China and North Korea have a military alliance centred on a 1961 treaty obliging each side to come to the other's aid in the event of an armed attack.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
State Governor Kathy Hochul described the attack as "an act of horrific violence."
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, wrote on X: "No self-respecting country in the world would tolerate such an attack, and neither will Israel."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It would not yet attack the boy who had healed it with his gentle hands.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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