battles

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Wood was born in Concord, Mass., where one of the first battles of the American Revolution was fought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Charniak said she is currently living on Social Security and her late husband’s small pension, having spent much of their savings on court battles and raising Joey.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

John Nagl, who strongly felt that the Army’s top brass were too hidebound to the old ways of warfighting—large-scale tank-and-infantry battles—and were blocking the promotions of officers who were fighting counterinsurgency battles in the field.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Because battles in Darfur and Kordofan have disrupted farming, prices of gum arabic along with other agricultural goods have spiked.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Soon they were engaged in air battles just as fierce as those they’d fought the previous summer.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein