combat

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During that time, shippers are unlikely to risk sending commercial vessels through the combat zone, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

Several countries have enacted anti-cyberscam laws to combat the rise of online fraud, romance and cryptocurrency scams, with con artists in Singapore facing 24 strokes of the cane for serious cases.

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

Quality, not quantity, shines in the 1,134 combat missions flown by the three-person crews of the 125th M. M. Raskova Borisov Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein