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as in patrols
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as in raiders
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Noun
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Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025 -
All of them have been broken into by raiders over the centuries, their walls smashed or lids prised off despite once being locked shut with metal clasps.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Reenactors portraying British sentries were bum-rushed by a swarm of whooping Green Mountain Boys.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Started in 1929 in Oakland by Kasper Koojoolian, the brand has now gone from roughly a dozen outposts around the Bay down to zero — though Caspers Hot Dogs, another East Bay chain, is still seemingly doing fine.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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OneTaste spun off outposts in at least eleven cities across the globe, expanding its seminars and demos into an expensive certification program.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Additional watches and warnings could be required later today.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Hurricane watches are also in effect for the Cuban provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Holguin, the hurricane center said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Israeli military has amassed two major groups of armored vehicles in Sheikh Radwan, to the north of Gaza City, according to the imagery, with additional detachments of armored vehicles stationed along roads that lead toward Israel.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Although the much smaller Michino’o/Togitsu metal foundry detachments could not compete with the Ōhashi unit in terms of sheer noise and numbers, these girls were in high spirits this fine and yet‑too‑hot hot morning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Over the past two months, the Pentagon has deployed close to 10,000 troops — most of them based in Puerto Rico — along with a contingent of Marines aboard amphibious assault ships.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Under the ceasefire terms, Hamas released all living hostages in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian convicts and wartime detainees, while Israel pulled back its troops and halted its offensive.—
Maayan Lubell,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Commandos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandos. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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