engage in combat
Example Sentences
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"Thousands of RDF troops are deployed across eastern DRC, where they actively engage in combat operations and facilitate M23's control of territory," the statement added.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
I wasn’t expected to engage in combat operations with my “long gun,” as we called it.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2024
She stressed that New Zealand troops have not and would not engage in combat in Ukraine.
From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2022
“One of the hallmarks of her approach has been to take things very personal,” he said, “and to engage in combat when, in fact, there is a path toward collaboration.”
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022
This great ship had been especially fitted out to engage in combat with repellers and crabs.
From The Great War Syndicate by Stockton, Frank Richard
