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or guerilla
as in soldier
a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit
The guerrillas controlled half the country.
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Recent Examples of guerrilla
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Peru’s armed conflict began in 1980, when the Marxist Shining Path guerrilla group announced its intention to wage war in rural and urban areas.
—Ñusta Carranza Ko, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me.
—Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
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The turbulent 2021 Colombian protests lasted four months and set the stage for the 2022 election of a fringe party candidate and former guerrilla.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Peru’s armed conflict began in 1980, when the Marxist Shining Path guerrilla group announced its intention to wage war in rural and urban areas.
—Ñusta Carranza Ko, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Adjective
That was the year that social media really started to take off, which gave restaurants and bars this megaphone to kind of guerrilla market on their own.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Paolo Luers, a journalist and former guerrilla press officer who became part of Mijango’s team, told me.
—Daniel Castro, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
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The terror group killed thousands, predominantly targeting men and elderly women, while abducting boys to forcibly conscript them as child soldiers.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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In 2015, members of the Islamic State (IS) destroyed parts of the ancient city, and shortly afterwards the area saw fighting between Kurdish and IS soldiers.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Some characters die violently in a warlike atmosphere, and the remaining ones struggle with their losses.Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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China is constantly searching for opportunities to take bits of territory and catch its opponent by surprise, without taking overt warlike actions.Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2021
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The city became a kind of parable of the strains that accompany a sudden influx of migrants, such as rising rents and longer wait times for medical and social services, making Springfield fodder for pro-Trump partisans who then used racist claims to bring it to a national audience.Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
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And Florida's Amendment 1 would make school board elections in the Sunshine State partisan.Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Unmanned objects in the sky have been spotted near U.S. military bases several times in the past year.Alyce McFadden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
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From academy footballers to rejection, reflection, the marines… and The Athletic Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr pregnancy: What are WSL's rules on maternity and parental leave?New York Times, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Each year, millions of tons of waste harm marine ecosystems.Matthew Emma, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Jimmy Carter issued a blanket amnesty to Vietnam war draft evaders, following the end of the combative international struggle.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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More:Trump names Karoline Leavitt youngest ever White House press secretary Leavitt will take the podium at White House press briefings, which were often combative spectacles during Trump's first term.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kristin talks with peers, peers’ parents, and every staff member, explaining how the dog is trained, how to behave around it, and soothing any worries regarding potential aggressive actions.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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What drove a lot of interest and buzz around the movie was a reported real-life feud between Blake Lively and star/director Justin Baldoni, which featured things like dramatic press tours, people not following people on Instagram and some passive aggressive press comments.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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But the implosion of Assad’s regime could potentially weaken Putin’s hand in negotiations over ending the war in Ukraine, particularly if Putin’s bellicose threats in recent weeks of nuclear escalation are perceived as hollow.Nathan Hodge, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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And North Korea’s increasingly bellicose attitude toward its neighbors has roiled China’s diplomatic and economic relations with South Korea and Japan.Stephen Hadley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Guerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guerrilla. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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