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
Egypt thanked the president for calling off the strikes he had threatened just hours earlier and said it hoped the combatants would seize the opening to strike a deal to end the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Its figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
When strangers fight, few people present will be friends or relatives of both combatants, with self-interest in stopping the fight.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
