invasion
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Yasukuni is dedicated to 2.5 million war dead, mostly Japanese, including convicted war criminals involved in Imperial Japan's invasion and occupation of parts of Asia in the 1930s and 1940s.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Concerns over how the war in Ukraine would affect global food supplies have been persistent since the start of Russia's invasion in 2022.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said: "Harold's policy on the papacy may ultimately have played into the hands of his enemies, giving William's opportunistic invasion the legitimacy of a just war."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Legal experts say Bryce Harper might have grounds to sue FanDuel for false endorsement and invasion of privacy after the sportsbook sent the player’s video to a customer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The English rangers who had trained to fight like Highlanders were essential to Britain’s invasion of Florida in 1739.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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
Legend has it that the lion-headed figure protected the country from invasions and was worshiped as a god of war in the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Kush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Then I rebuilt the tower, smoothly aligning its walls to toughen it against future invasions.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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