fighting machine

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The American president is, after all, the commander in chief of the world’s most formidable fighting machine, and the figure ultimately responsible for the nation’s safety and security.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

In Season 1, Thorfinn is broken down and rebuilt as a fighting machine.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

A pure fighting machine with only a desire to win a war that someone else lost.

From New York Times • May 28, 2020

Writers anointed him the rightful heir to Jackson, Dempsey, Louis and Ali, but D'Amato's fighting machine was already malfunctioning.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2016

LEFT: Martian fighting machine from the 1906 edition of Wells’s novel.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow