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as in warrior
a person engaged in military service
the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country
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as in boxer
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters
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as in defendant
a person who takes part in a dispute
kept the two fighters apart until they had calmed down and could talk sensibly
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Recent Examples of fighter
Despite roughly 15 months of a brutal military campaign, in the days since the ceasefire commenced, Hamas has deployed its fighters to the streets to oversee aid convoys, reimpose security, stop looting, and start restoring basic services to parts of Gaza, according to Reuters.
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Jan. 2025
But the destruction intensified with the ground forces, who fought Hamas fighters in close combat in dense areas.
—Abdel Kareem Hana, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The Taiwanese Air Force also operates a fleet of the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, some of which were scrambled during a Chinese military exercise around the island in October 2024.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
As Palisades Fire Expands East Apple Brings Back iPhone 15 Pro For First Time—At Lower Price
The fighters involved on the card probably wouldn’t have been too inconvenienced by the move.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Jan. 2025
But the destruction intensified with the ground forces, who fought Hamas fighters in close combat in dense areas.
—Abdel Kareem Hana, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The Taiwanese Air Force also operates a fleet of the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, some of which were scrambled during a Chinese military exercise around the island in October 2024.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
As Palisades Fire Expands East Apple Brings Back iPhone 15 Pro For First Time—At Lower Price
The fighters involved on the card probably wouldn’t have been too inconvenienced by the move.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fighter
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Ewoks There may be some nostalgia for this two-season ABC series about the cute but fierce warriors from the forest moon of Endor, but Ewoks never manages to shake off its cheap 1980s Saturday morning cartoon look and format.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
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While keyboard warriors were quick to question Markle's motives, experts told Fox News Digital that the delay may prove to help improve Markle's public reputation.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Chavarria is known to street cast his shows, working with casting director Brent Chua to fill his runways with everyone from delivery drivers and boxers to famous models and rappers.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mendez wears the blessed boxers for every game and only washes them when the team loses.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Justice Department is asking the D.C. Circuit to find that Austin validly withdrew from the pretrial agreements and bar the military commission from conducting plea hearings, during which the defendants would enter guilty pleas.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The order would require the government to prove to a judge that there is a valid reason the defendant is in jail.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Despite the removal of troops from Afghanistan, something that had been promised by successive presidents before him, by voters for errors in the withdrawal, which included the deaths of 13 U.S. soldiers.—
Theo Burman,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The pair later spent nearly half an hour in Section 60, the burial site for military personnel killed while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, talking with families of soldiers who died in the 2021 Kabul airport bombing.—
WILL WEISSERT,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Genetic Analysis of Viking Settlers Challenges Historical Saga Migration Back to Scandinavia The researchers uncovered one person — possibly a Roman soldier or slave gladiator — living in Britain around 100 A.D. to 300 A.D. who had 25 percent Scandinavian ancestry.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
1 Jan. 2025
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There were gladiator movies before Spartacus, and there have been many since, but Stanley Kubrick’s epic is undoubtedly the archetypal gladiator movie.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024
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The video also is mentioned in a court filing from the firm Monday, asking a court to order SCE to preserve certain physical evidence the plaintiff alleges may show the cause of the sparking.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and a group of 17 plaintiffs challenged the law on behalf of themselves, booksellers, patrons of bookstores, bookseller associations and author associations.—
Ron Wood,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The host, 50, took a tumble on a recent episode of Wheel of Fortune after a contestant guessed the correct answer in the final seconds of the bonus round and got overly excited.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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And competing for this five million dollars are these one-thousand contestants.—
Naomi Fry,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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That scrapper, his out-of-season t-shirt, the playground and the flashed Playboy...—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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Every Volunteers outing has been a blowout, save for their one-point scrapper over Illinois.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fighter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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