combat
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“Is it truly a legitimate interest to combat organized crime?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Agency for International Development, some African governments are bridling at the conditions he has set for resuming funding to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"Anyone present near Hezbollah elements, facilities or means of combat endangers their life," a spokesman said.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Colombia is thus becoming one of the few Latin American countries -- alongside Venezuela -- using drones to combat crime.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
By the end of 1914, after less than five months of combat, more than 600,000 soldiers on both sides had been killed on the Western Front.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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