fighter
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The famed Mexican American fighter from Oxnard — who at one point was the youngest U.S. national amateur champion — also faced legal troubles of his own for his role in a 1999 assault case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He is still an underdog against Garcia - a fighter with greater amateur pedigree and a more accomplished professional resume - but Benn's size and physical pressure could become one of his biggest advantages.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"All this is noise, I've done my job and I'm the better fighter," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the deployment of 19 warships, air-defense units, fighter squadrons and paratroopers across the region is straining servicemembers and their families and creating a maintenance backlog that could take years to unwind, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
But Larisa kept mistaking the antiaircraft searchlights on the ground for the headlights of enemy fighter planes.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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"Boats carrying armed Houthi fighters reached Mayyun Island after government forces withdrew from it yesterday," the local government official told AFP, referring to an island also known as Perim.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Until then, jet fighters remain the main high-speed response to drones that enter European airspace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
While diplomatic gaps remain, Abuja has found common ground with Washington in increasing military cooperation, including with a US troop deployment to Nigeria and a major joint operation against Islamic State fighters in May.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
But perhaps Hrgovic had been underestimated by almost everybody - Itauma, the media, pundits, former fighters and bookmakers who installed the Briton as a heavy favourite.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
They sent a force of five hundred fighters, both soldiers and irregular troops.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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