Thesaurus / combat
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It was a fitting start for the man now known as Arslan Ash, a 24-year-old esports superstar thanks to his prowess at the combat game Tekken.
AN UNLIKELY ESPORTS STAR EMERGES FROM PAKISTANDANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 21, 2020OZYThe combat appeared on a video screen with small blips for each aircraft.
AN F-16 PILOT TOOK ON A.I. IN A DOGFIGHT. HERE’S WHO WONAARON PRESSMANAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNEAs one of the biggest fires on a Navy ship outside of combat smoldered for a third day, so raged community members’ concerns over the contents of the billowing smoke.
ANSWERS ON NAVY FIRE’S HEALTH IMPACTS WON’T COME RIGHT AWAYMACKENZIE ELMERJULY 14, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAll but one woman showed signs of having ridden horses in combat.
SKELETONS HINT THAT ANCIENT SOCIETIES HAD WOMEN WARRIORSBRUCE BOWERMAY 28, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThis naval tactic gave the Romans the upper-hand since they were known for their expertise in close-quarter combat.
KNOW YOUR HISTORICAL WARSHIPS: FROM 7TH CENTURY BC – 17TH CENTURY ADDATTATREYA MANDALAPRIL 4, 2020REALM OF HISTORYThis naval tactic gave the Romans the upper-hand since they were known for their expertise in close-quarter combat, as opposed to the Carthaginians who mainly relied on mercenaries.
14 EXCEPTIONAL WEAPON SYSTEMS FROM HISTORY THAT WERE AHEAD OF THEIR TIMEDATTATREYA MANDALMARCH 26, 2020REALM OF HISTORYI find sometimes — I find this a bit frustrating, that too much of our politics is very confrontational, and you know, in that sort of cockpit of combat.
THE PRIME MINISTER WHO CRIED BREXIT (EP. 392)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 10, 2019FREAKONOMICSHe looked strangely out of place in the dusty combat uniform.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)The morning came and with it Shaffer, and with him five hundred and fifty men, eager for the combat.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDWORDS RELATED TO COMBAT
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