mercenaries
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The Saudis countered with an air campaign and ground force composed of Yemeni pro-government paramilitary factions, Saudi and Emirati troops and mercenaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"We're not mercenaries," he said in a 2021 interview, describing himself as pursuing "a burlesque form of pacifism."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The corsairs, sometimes defining themselves as a naval mujahideen, also acted as mercenaries or proxies.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Their seasoned troops, reinforced by Hessian mercenaries, faced an amateurish and poorly provisioned army of colonials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
One of the men told the chief that the only way we could possess such foreign cassettes was either by having looted them or if we were mercenaries.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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