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invasion

[in-vay-zhuhn] / ɪnˈveɪ ʒən /


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And it will be cast globally, to figures doing what is necessary to save their country from invasion.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

A young man goes to the movies and watches a newsreel about Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, when the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The study, "Large size of the Australian Indigenous population prior to its massive decline following colonial invasion," was published in Nature Human Behaviour.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Drones have emerged as a key weapon in the conflict, which was sparked by Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of its neighbour.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Despite the tragic sinking, the Mary Rose and its crew were the only casualties of the invasion.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The search for the source of the medbed conspiracy took me into the world of scammers and crystals and alien invasions and broken families and sci-fi movie sets and the Arizona desert.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In both of these misguided invasions, Americans apparently convinced themselves that Canadians essentially did not exist, at least not as a people or a nation with a shared collective identity.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Legend has it that the lion-headed figure protected the country from invasions and was worshiped as a god of war in the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Kush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Kamehameha thereupon prepared invasions of the last independent Hawaiian island, Kauai, whose chief finally reached a negotiated settlement with him, completing the archipelago’s unification.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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