combat
Example Sentences
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Retired US brigadier general Houston Cantwell, who has 400 hours of combat flight experience, said a pilot's training would likely kick in before he or she parachutes to the ground.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome was carefully managed entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Cantwell logged 400 hours of combat flight experience, including missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, and he trained at length for hard parachute landings.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Adam Townsend, 39, who started the group to combat his own loneliness, believed it could "take some of the strain off the NHS".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Ever since the Hunley was placed in this tank, researchers and scientists have been painstakingly cleaning a century-and-a-half of sand, sediment, corrosion, and encrustation from the world’s first successful combat submarine.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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