fighting

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In addition to teaching and writing, he enjoyed golfing, horseback riding, fighting City Hall over an environmental issue, volunteering in soup kitchens and speaking to youth organizations, according to his bio.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The goal is minimal, a memorandum of understanding to stop the fighting, open the strait and set up talks on more difficult issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

There have been sporadic clashes since the heavy fighting in late February and world leaders have called on the two nations to cease hostilities.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet Dr Saung, who once served in the army, spending 19 years at a military academy, remains determined to inspire the young rebels he sees coming through his doors to keep fighting.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

After he’d climbed out the window and glanced back, had the papers been sliding across the table, as the fighting men jolted it from below?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix