guerrilla
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“It would come down to how long they could hold out with guerrilla tactics,” Ellis said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Gallrein is close to Louisville in a county that features multiple distilleries and a history of Confederate guerrilla violence during the Civil War.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
Petro, himself a former guerrilla fighter, has been pursuing a controversial peace strategy with various armed factions which has seen intermittent ceasefires and periods of relatively little violence.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
This wasn’t “an argument between genteel parties in Congress,” William Hogeland writes in his history, The Whiskey Rebellion, “but…a guerrilla war on the country’s ragged margin, our first war for the American soul.”
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
This sort of guerrilla warfare dragged on for eight months.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
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