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fighter

[fahy-ter] / ˈfaɪ tər /


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Taiwanese fighter jets and two Chinook helicopters carrying giant Taiwan flags flew over the capital ahead of Lai's wide-ranging speech, which also covered housing pressure and the declining population.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

That time came when he was shopping around his screenplay about an underdog boxer, Rocky Balboa, who through sheer, immiserating grit enters the ring against the champion fighter Apollo Creed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Corner Man follows a fighter forced to confront life outside the ring after spending years dedicated to the sport.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Musk could buy about 11,000 F-35 fighter jets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Soviet fighter pilots were alone in their single-seat planes, but they typically flew in pairs.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It's unclear how many fighters were killed or injured.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Hospitals are overstretched and doctors are working night and day to treat wounded government fighters coming from the front lines.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

That kind of pricing power worries inflation fighters like Hammack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

After declaring a counter-offensive against the Houthis, Yemen's government claimed to have pushed the fighters out of strategic areas on the Red Sea and the port city of Mocha.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Abdel Nasser had been trying hard to stop the fighting between the government of Jordan and the Palestinian freedom fighters we called fedayeen when he had a heart attack and died.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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