invasion
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Even though “war” is somewhat metaphorical here, it has always been waged like one, with military-grade equipment used to police neighborhoods, support clandestine spying operations and aid in the invasion of cities.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Since the full-scale invasion, even more territory has been subjected to the same.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The decision comes a day after Fedorov in a video statement called for a move towards elections that have been put off because of the Russian invasion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Even in Kosovo, a case often cited for air power’s capacity to force capitulation from an adversary, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization prevailed only once a ground invasion looked imminent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Escambray Mountains were near the original invasion site.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022, following his covert invasions of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and eastern regions in 2014, Russian forces have captured roughly 12% of Ukraine’s territory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Kagan insists that the Fourth Amendment cannot be defeated by slicing invasions of privacy into pieces small enough to appear constitutionally insignificant.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia and elsewhere have wrestled with invasions in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
But they did believe that what they’d learned from the other island invasions had prepared them for anything our enemies could dish out.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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