combatants
Example Sentences
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Together, amid recorded bursts of electric guitar, they kinetically update these rival combatants.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
The Supreme Court disagreed with Bush, declaring in a landmark decision that despite detainees’ designation as enemy combatants or incarceration at Guantánamo, they are not barred from seeking habeas.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
Its figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“Where do they put the threshold, that divides combatants and civilians?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Although such weapons were stockpiled by the major combatants during World War II, fear of retribution kept them from being used in any significant way.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
