combat
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Back then, the Federal Reserve was aggressively hiking interest rates to combat a wave of inflation.
From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026
The community's "alarm, concern and fear" is "entirely understandable", Australia's special envoy to combat Islamaphobia said this week, adding the women had put the Muslim community in particular in a "deeply challenging position".
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The 19-day Balikatan exercises, meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder" and which wrap up Friday, have involved some 17,000 military personnel including Japanese combat troops for the first time.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Even so, defense analysts say the crackdown has raised questions over combat readiness and morale across a two-million-strong force.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
On June 2, 1943, in back-to-back missions, Zhenya Timofeyeva led a formation of nine Pe-2 dive-bombers, each with its aircrew of pilot, navigator, and gunner, into combat toward the front line at the Kuban River.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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