guerrilla
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This wasn’t “an argument between genteel parties in Congress,” William Hogeland writes in his history, The Whiskey Rebellion, “but…a guerrilla war on the country’s ragged margin, our first war for the American soul.”
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
In 1932, at age 13, he left that life behind to join the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, seeking survival in the guerrilla forces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Petro, a former guerrilla and Colombia's first leftist president, is barred by the constitution from running again.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
But as a group, the Taliban sustained more than 20 years of war against the US and its Nato allies, so its capacity to carry out unconventional and guerrilla warfare is well evidenced.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
So was it a riot or a guerrilla uprising?
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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