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fighter

[fahy-ter] / ˈfaɪ tər /


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This includes purloining cutting-edge U.S. fighter F-35 jet designs, special foam used to make submarines buoyant and even genetically modified corn seed from Iowa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Retired MMA fighter Tim Welch, who serves as a coach and mentor to McMillen, posted a photo of his 28-year-old protege on his Instagram Stories and wrote, “Tommy is completely ok and training yesterday.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

But this time around, Hutchinson was a different fighter.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was offering a press secretary role to mixed martial arts executive and "violent fighter" Dana White.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

Hidden away during the daytime, huddled together inside some shed or barn, we had heard and sometimes seen fighter planes flying low overhead, but we were safe from them, always well out of sight.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The soldiers were reportedly arrested on 20 October in Walikale, where they were accused of abandoning their positions and fleeing during clashes with FRN fighters.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Over the years, I’ve known Rudy Mondragón as a key expert in the intersection of boxing, race and culture, particularly in the ways fighters use the ring to perform identity, belonging and resistance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Solange Alexandre was also a rare woman who, with her future husband, created and commanded her own unit of anti-German fighters.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

"Of course I was kidding, and you could see that because I put all of the great fighters as his assistants," Trump said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

But a group of Yak fighters was taxiing along the runway.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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