combat

Example Sentences

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“There have been thousands of targets hit with thousands of sorties penetrating contested airspace. It’s been an entire month and this is the first time we’ve had a combat loss? That’s incredible.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Retired US brigadier general Houston Cantwell, who has 400 hours of combat flight experience, said a pilot's training would likely kick in before he or she parachutes to the ground.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Several countries have enacted anti-cyberscam laws to combat the rise of online fraud, romance and cryptocurrency scams, with con artists in Singapore facing 24 strokes of the cane for serious cases.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome was carefully managed entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

They made over nine thousand solo flights in their fast and dangerous Yak fighters—about half of those were combat missions, and 125 were air battles.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein