fighters

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The combination of a fast-moving virus—fatal in up to 50% of cases—and a region rife with armed fighters has made an already difficult task of controlling the epidemic even harder, according to health experts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"But you can't leave a scene mid-way... if it is an action scene where fighters are involved, anything can happen... it is not like shutting a laptop and working for an IT company."

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In a post on X, Centcom said US fighters struck the Iranian military's air defences, a ground control station and two drones that it said "posed a clear threat to ships transiting through regional waters".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

American F/A-18, F-16 and F-35 jet fighters shot down the drones, then the F/A-18s hit the ground-control unit before it could launch a fifth drone, one of the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Like the night bombers, the pilots of the 586th Regiment in their dangerous solo Yak fighters were growing hardened in combat too.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein