guerrilla
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Culture Clash — which includes members Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Sigüenza — arrived on the scene as a guerrilla sketch theater group from the San Francisco Mission District in 1984.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Valdes was second-in-command of a guerrilla column led by Argentina's Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
So viewers were understandably skeptical that the corporation had lovingly funded an anti-corporate guerrilla comedy special only to immediately suppress its circulation online.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
The capture and execution of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the iconic Argentine guerrilla leader who helped the Castros take power in Cuba, was a huge defeat for the island’s efforts to spread revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Eventually they also made hazardous supply flights to the partisans, the guerrilla groups who were fighting against the Germans in the Bryansk Forest near the Russian border with Ukraine.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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That is 55% more than in 2000, when the U.S. began providing Colombia billions in equipment and training to roll back drug production and Marxist guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Under pressure from the United States, Petro has stepped up military action against the guerrillas in recent months.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Colombia's bid to bring former guerrillas into the political fold faces a major test at Sunday's legislative elections, as ex-FARC fighters struggle to win over voters.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
During the show, the guerrillas made a pound of gold selling beer, the band members said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
“Fatherland or death!” the guerrillas echo, all except Felicia, who wonders whether all this shouting wouldn’t alert the enemy in a real war.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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