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guerrilla

[guh-ril-uh] / gəˈrɪl ə /


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Castro promoted guerrilla movements throughout Latin America and leveraged his alliance with the Soviet Union to send tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers into Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Under the departing President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla, the government embarked on simultaneous peace negotiations with about a dozen narco-trafficking groups to urge them to disarm and abandon drug smuggling.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Anti-putsch protests were put down by security forces, but activists quit the cities to form pro-democracy guerrilla groups, fighting alongside ethnic minority armies which have long resisted central rule.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Culture Clash — which includes members Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Sigüenza — arrived on the scene as a guerrilla sketch theater group from the San Francisco Mission District in 1984.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Puberty is the equivalent of guerrilla warfare on your body.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Nor are streets, schools or government buildings named after him, a prohibition he imposed shortly after his guerrillas overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Critics say guerrillas have used the time during negotiations to strengthen their positions.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

The trek takes Etna across a bombed-out city and into a mountain range occupied by refugees and guerrillas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

For generations, these documents were little more than family heirlooms that served as painful reminders of fortunes lost after the revolution led by Fidel Castro’s bearded guerrillas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

A day later, sitting on the edge of a field taking a break, the guerrillas suddenly became agitated.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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