adversaries
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Part of the problem is that the U.S. military has operated some of its Middle Eastern bases for decades, confident that its adversaries were unable — or unwilling — to mount serious attacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
For someone like myself, who knows next to nothing about climbing, Krakauer powerfully elucidates the pull of a mountain like Everest and the trance-like state in which it ensnares its adversaries.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
“We’ve found advanced adversaries using this; we’ve found very unsophisticated adversaries using this.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Despite European guns, the Indians’ greater numbers, entrenched positions, knowledge of the terrain, and superb archery made them formidable adversaries.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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