combatant
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“They’re incredibly valuable. Every single combatant commander wants more.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
“At the end of the day, the government is going to go with systems that have been deployed, where combatant commanders swear by the fact that they want one of what we have,” Mengucci said.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
“If the aircraft flying above is not identifiable as a combatant aircraft, it should not be engaged in combatant activity.”
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
The Bride’s first combatant, Vivica A. Fox’s Vernita Green, a hit woman-turned-Pasadena housewife, suggests dueling at 2:30 a.m. in all-black costumes on a Little League field.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
In the capital cities of all the combatant nations, the outbreak of war was greeted with emotional displays of patriotism.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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