battles

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Charniak said she is currently living on Social Security and her late husband’s small pension, having spent much of their savings on court battles and raising Joey.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Even now - married and with a four-year-old son - Ali is constantly reminded of the battles.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

John Nagl, who strongly felt that the Army’s top brass were too hidebound to the old ways of warfighting—large-scale tank-and-infantry battles—and were blocking the promotions of officers who were fighting counterinsurgency battles in the field.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

The result is one of the strangest custody battles to ever roil the aerospace and museum industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Express riders carried the news of the Massachusetts battles to the Second Continental Congress, which was meeting in Philadelphia.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen