combatants
Example Sentences
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Together, amid recorded bursts of electric guitar, they kinetically update these rival combatants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Supreme Court disagreed with Bush, declaring in a landmark decision that despite detainees’ designation as enemy combatants or incarceration at Guantánamo, they are not barred from seeking habeas.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Its figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The Gulf state said the drone came from Iraq, home to powerful militias aligned with Iran that have been active combatants in the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
By the time the exhausted combatants finally laid down their arms, the Great War was also known as the War to End All Wars.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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