combat
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The multi-billion-euro project aimed not only to build an advanced warplane, but also create an integrated array of unmanned drones and a sophisticated combat computer system to link the pieces.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
As Mr. Pelley explained, “my colleagues and I have worked together 10, 20, 30 years. We travel together. We dine together. We go into literal combat together.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
To combat this, the U.S. should exploit a choke point one level deeper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Talbot said from the federal to the local level, everyone in the ranching community has been talking about the arrival of screwworm and how to combat it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
In just a few years, it will grow by thirty combat divisions and one hundred aircraft squadrons, and its navy will be larger and stronger than the navies of the United States and Britain combined.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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