combatants
Example Sentences
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The Supreme Court disagreed with Bush, declaring in a landmark decision that despite detainees’ designation as enemy combatants or incarceration at Guantánamo, they are not barred from seeking habeas.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
As promo spots showing the combatants in fight mode fill the airwaves, the Public Integrity Project watchdog group has filed a lawsuit trying to derail the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Gulf state said the drone came from Iraq, home to powerful militias aligned with Iran that have been active combatants in the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Neither country publicly discloses how many combatants they have lost, but think tanks such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimate that hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
I had to get to the roof before the combatants disappeared from view with Otto.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
