fighters

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The combination of a fast-moving virus—fatal in up to 50% of cases—and a region rife with armed fighters has made an already difficult task of controlling the epidemic even harder, according to health experts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

An agreement is in place and both fighters are expected to earn career-high purses when they finally meet, with October or November the likely target dates.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

American F/A-18, F-16 and F-35 jet fighters shot down the drones, then the F/A-18s hit the ground-control unit before it could launch a fifth drone, one of the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

What’s more, the newly created Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, or DAWG, runs the Defense Department’s Gauntlet drone competitions, which aim to get low-cost drones in the hands of war fighters quickly.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Indigenous fighters went to a British garrison in Canada to obtain weapons and supplies, and Tecumseh called for a unified and coordinated Indigenous-led war on the United States.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz