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warfare

[wawr-fair] / ˈwɔrˌfɛər /


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Palmer Luckey, 34-year-old co-founder of Anduril, is building the world’s next frontier of warfare for the Pentagon but wears a uniform of exclusively Hawaiian shirts and cargo shorts.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

A mission in southern Iraq had tamped down tribal warfare and insurgency without bloodshed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The men, who Hegseth called “three great Americans,” will lead a team that will study the future of warfare, the Pentagon chief announced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms that tend to describe non-military methods, for example cyber-attacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

So it befell that by false cunning and pretended tears those were conquered whom great Diomedes had never overcome, nor savage Achilles, nor ten years of warfare, nor a thousand ships.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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