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Recent Examples of enfiladeTumbling forward under enfilading fire to ALEPPO Pte.—Ishion Hutchinson, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023 Bodies were disfigured by thundering artillery bombardments and the scythe-like enfilade fire from machine guns.—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020 At regimental headquarters, the general received reports of bad sniping and enfilading machine gun fire from the forward units.—Washington Post, 29 May 2018
Staffers of the event were also assaulted, the group said.
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Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
An investigation revealed the three victims were assaulted and robbed by the suspects, who are all believed to be associates of a criminal street gang, police said.
Aged 30, Makelele had been converted from an attacking midfielder to a deep-lying, anchoring midfielder that would protect his back line and hoover up any defensive actions that came anywhere near his orbit.
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The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Cena aligned himself with The Rock, attacking Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes after Rhodes turned down The Rock's offer.
China assails Trump’s new tariffs and vows retaliation.
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Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
And a victory in the sixth-largest state would continue to provide him a credible, high-profile platform from which to assail the actions of the Trump administration nationally in the run-up to the 2028 presidential election.
Myanmar, which has been facing tough times since the military coup in 2021—as well as being ravaged by a recent earthquake—faces 44 percent tariffs.
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Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Apr. 2025
Very loosely based on the novel The Incredible Tide by Alexander Key, Future Boy Conan deals with the titular boy Conan in a future world ravaged by the aftermath of a global war.
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