as in attempt
an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes
Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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Cross-border shelling and air raids threaten children’s lives and mental health
UNICEF is working with partners to provide urgent assistance to children and families caught in rising hostilities between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah.
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Ayal Margolin/Reuters Secretary Blinken’s message On Tuesday morning about 2 million people in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, awoke to the sound of air raid sirens after Hezbollah fired rockets deep into the country, all of which were intercepted.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah meanwhile fired more rockets into Israel, including two that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv before being intercepted.
—Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
The air raid on central Beirut—the deadliest in over a year of war—apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods simultaneously, according to an AP photographer at the scene.
—Bilal Hussein, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Ayal Margolin/Reuters Secretary Blinken’s message On Tuesday morning about 2 million people in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, awoke to the sound of air raid sirens after Hezbollah fired rockets deep into the country, all of which were intercepted.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah meanwhile fired more rockets into Israel, including two that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv before being intercepted.
—Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
The air raid on central Beirut—the deadliest in over a year of war—apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods simultaneously, according to an AP photographer at the scene.
—Bilal Hussein, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Louisville committed a personal foul penalty on a 1-yard reception by Mosley to set up a 57-yard field goal attempt with one second left.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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For two decades, the organization has raged against government and corporate attempts to amass information on gun buyers.Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Castro said the sergeant, a 21-year veteran of the Fresno Police Department, and the other officers had spent about an hour searching for evidence of a shooting in the neighborhood east of downtown Fresno when the ambush occurred.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Seeing the people flee north, Harney feared his cavalry had insufficient time to set the ambush.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
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But in this year’s hyperpolarized backdrop fueled by record advertising spending and media onslaughts from the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns alike, U.S. retirement savers are left in a cloud of unease and uncertainty.Brian Menickella, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The onslaught by the Israel Defense Forces shows no sign of slowing, even months after the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) warning of plausible risk of genocide made headline news.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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As Russia continues its offensive, Ukraine is also reckoning with a shifting political landscape after its biggest backer elected a new president.Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 43,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its toll but says over half of those killed were women and children.Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Geopolitical events, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, have been noted as factors that could impact the company's ability to complete a business combination due to potential adverse effects on financial and business conditions in Europe.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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China demonstrated its pull on the world stage by welcoming a delegation from Saudi Arabia with its first pavilion at the event, as well as its close ties with Russia even as that country is isolated from Western nations and their allies due to its invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Air raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raid. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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