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militant

[mil-i-tuhnt] / ˈmɪl ɪ tənt /




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Before the war he worked as a blacksmith, they said, and neither he nor anyone else in the family has a political affiliation, whether to Hamas or any other militant groups.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Bonino served as a European commissioner and a foreign minister in Italy but was best known as a militant feminist with an inexorable dedication to political and humanitarian causes.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Officially, its forces are deployed to help Sahel governments combat Islamist militant groups.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

But that was at odds with the militant group’s understanding of the sequencing and added to the stress on the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Islamabad says the militants use safe haven in Afghanistan to train and plan attacks in Pakistan.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Oil prices rose in early European trading Tuesday as the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline and recent territorial gains by Houthi militants in Yemen kept concerns over Middle East crude supplies elevated.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Brent crude, the international benchmark, surged nearly 9% last week after Iran-backed Houthi militants took effective control of another shipping chokepoint off Yemen’s west coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The Saudis blamed militants in Iraq for the damage.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Sometimes my own little brothers—unaware of what it really meant—would pretend to be Taliban militants or army soldiers.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai




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