| 单词 | combat |
| 例句 | Hoover would rapidly reshape the bureau into a monolithic force—one that, during his nearly five-decade reign as director, he would deploy not only to combat crime but also to commit egregious abuses of power. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I have decided you are worthy partners for this combat.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Though we don’t know if she flew combat missions, she was without a doubt working as a pilot on the battle lines in a war zone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I heard that in Indian Territory they tried to send Natives from the Five Civilized Tribes to combat schools, but they quickly figured out what was what and all ran off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I limped hurriedly back to the gate, to find Mr. Armin and Falconer engaged in heated combat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He found himself ostracized in the squadron by men who cursed his memory foully for having supplied Colonel Cathcart with provocation to raise the number of combat missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z So desperate were conditions in the besieged city that, in the winter of 1941-2, police had to form a special unit to combat gangs involved in cannibalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Yossarian was making an uncouth spectacle of himself by walking around backward with his gun on his hip and refusing to fly more combat missions, Milo said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Such propaganda is calculated to keep us fighting one another instead of uniting to combat Nationalist oppression.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By holding off combat until the five-year agreement ran out, Octavian avoided the stigma of starting a civil war. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Zoya Malkova and two of her friends visited the local military recruitment officer at least three times, begging him to assign them to combat duty. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Despite Haymitch's order to appear mediocre, Peeta excels in hand-to-hand combat, and I sweep the edible plants test without blinking an eye. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Why is he issuing orders to us if he’s still in Special Services and we’re in combat operations?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her combat boots smack against the tile until she’s there standing next to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Yet for nearly three years, the entire 46th Guards flew their night bombing combat missions without parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “That’s another change that was made this morning, sir. All combat operations are now under the jurisdiction of Special Services. General Scheisskopf is our new commanding officer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At least the book of combat spells would come in handy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z No combat unit in the Army could handle this work. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Major Major sat down, and Yossarian moved around in front of his desk and told him that he did not want to fly any more combat missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For the flyboys of the air corps, airplanes were mechanisms for transporting troops and supplies to combat zones, armed wings for pursuing enemies, sky-high launching pads for ship-sinking bombs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He was good as new in his camouflage and combat boots, translucent gray flesh covering his bones like glowing Jell-O. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Aboard one of those trains were nearly four hundred young women who were about to become combat aviators. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In January the government announced its plan to form an all-Nisei combat regiment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m suddenly, fervently grateful that I was too exhausted from combat training to strip before sleeping. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A stark warning issued by survival school instructors flashed through his mind—never wear wedding rings into combat. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Hungry for death, I call it. He throws my pardon in my face. Aye, and throws his life away in tire bargain, and the lives of every man inside those walls. Single combat!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even their leather combat boots looked ferocious with their iron cleats, great for marching through mud or stomping on faces. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was the trickiest, sneakiest, most evil combat style she knew. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Washington had hoped that Arnold would be able to take command of combat troops. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted the glory of slaying Robert in single combat, and I did not want the name of butcher. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Oblivious to the fighting around them they sought to destroy each other, hacking, stabbing, lunging and swinging in mortal combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They were soon in combat again, and after a prolonged, bloody battle, Allen was ordered to guard a pile of several hundred dead NVA soldiers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Don’t you want to contribute further to this great record by flying more combat missions ? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His lion reflexes were built for speed in combat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was no way she could beat him in combat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t scared,” Alvarez later said of his first combat mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The plan that Constance and Foremole had jointly worked out would require very little hand-to-hand combat, much to the badger’s displeasure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And best of all, Hannah, in her black slip dress, combat boots, and no makeup, isn’t breaking a single rule. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was a forceful, engaging woman whom I first met when I was studying at Wits, and her death revealed the extent of the state’s cruelty in combating our struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Lesson one in combat: Things are never as they seem," replied Kasusu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Philip Caputo, the young lieutenant who had led his platoon on some of the earliest combat missions in Vietnam, walked into his executive officer’s tent at U.S. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mariya was a hardened combat pilot and knew how to avoid the antiaircraft searchlight beams. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They stooped for helm and shield and left him there contorted, in his brutal sling, and shut the doors, and went to join Odysseus, whose mind moved through the combat now to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when circumstances require that there be winners and losers, the transaction is not necessarily a combat. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Giant eagles circled the battlefield, doing aerial combat with two snake-haired ladies in green Bargain Mart vests—Stheno and Euryale. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There, they would train for several months before they were assigned to combat regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In front of them was the CROP—a huge screen showing the field of combat in real time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Japanese warfare had previously involved single combats between samurai swordsmen, who stood in the open, made ritual speeches, and then took pride in fighting gracefully. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Who wears knee-high combat boots on an airplane? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Like the night bombers, the pilots of the 586th Regiment in their dangerous solo Yak fighters were growing hardened in combat too. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They wore white shirts, silvery camouflage pants, and combat boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A combat wound, well healed, such as a leg blown off by cannon fire, would become new, open, horrible, even after decades of healing. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Taking care of the American dead was the first priority in combat and as a result, the bodies of the Japanese soldiers were often left unburied for days. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Atala runs through the list of stations, which include both combat and survival skills, and releases us to train. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They were connected to one another’s thoughts when they were in combat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “If you win excuse me, unde, what I was going to say was this. We hoped to settle the matter without a personal combat at all.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was certain to defeat such a small creature in combat, but his orders were to get the picture, not to fight little mice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z All told, the committee would spend $37,647.19 to combat the sickness that infested their city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The grieving aviators of the 587th had lost their commander just as they were about to receive their first combat assignments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "And the Imp has only himself to blame. It was he who demanded a trial by combat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At a press conference later in the month, Johnson announced he would send forty-four more combat battalions to Vietnam and would double monthly draft calls to 35,000. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A meadow at Westminster had been prepared for the combat A barricade of strong logs, like a corral for horses, had been erected round the wide square—which had no barrier down the middle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My father used to work behind those double doors, working hard to find new ways to combat the plague. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “It is not nonsense, Lancelot. They hate you. They won’t try a combat this time, not after Meliagrance. They are too cunning. They will do something to trap you. They will go behind your back.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And swimming through the streets, hanging out in the courtyards, practicing combat with tridents and swords in the arena were dozens of mermen and mermaids—honest-to-goodness fish-people. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The gray, despairing weariness of protracted maneuvers and combat did not touch him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Reyna turned towards the shore but saw no signs of combat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At first she resisted because she knew that Herbert was still suffering the effects of his time in combat, but ultimately she gave in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He enlisted in the Army in 1964 at the age of eighteen, at a time when America was heavily involved in combat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You will be in combat, but perhaps not always on the front line. If one can even isolate a front line in this type of war,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I was blind and deaf. I could hardly pull myself together to keep on handling the combat of the regiment on the ground.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Others suffered emotionally from their combat experiences, whether on the front lines or in bombed-out cities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He was then a young lieutenant new to combat, and his first thought was always to get on the radio and ask the troops in the field what was happening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I slowed when I saw Stick standing on the opposite corner, talking to a slick-looking brother in a black leather jacket and heavy combat boots. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z "We-both know the boy is afraid to face me in single combat." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Behind me, I could hear a cacophony of digital combat coming from dozens of other vintage arcade games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z To my left, Noah Pickett lay on a couch, playing a space combat video game on a huge screen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Um. This? And my combat boots? I didn’t bring extra clothes.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I want gallantry from her, swash buckling, heroism, single-handed combat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Twas thim same numbers had thim destroyed altogether. Who would want to be killing a mortal for what he didn’t understand, or for nothing? I took up with the single combats instead.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bits and pieces of basic combat advice continues to echo through the line. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As the Allied forces moved through western Europe following the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the Soviets moved on the Germans in Belorussia, bringing another wave of desperate combat for the 125th. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On July 28, 1943, Lilya sat in the cockpit of her Yak and dictated a letter to her mother while she waited to be given a combat mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any mortals, but your weaknesses, your failings will increase as well.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Their warrior’s code of Bushido required them to always follow five rules of combat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As their ritual combat moved toward the second phase, the two bears began to prowl restlessly on the snow, edging forward, swinging their heads. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They felt ready to head straight to the front to fly into deadly combat against the invading Nazi fascists. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z How can my whole being, my whole life up to this point, be matched to one man in deadly combat? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z By this time, word had spread among the bears, and every part of the combat ground was crowded. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z That seems like rather a grand name for it, and I don’t want to suggest that I went through anything like what soldiers who saw combat in Vietnam did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel my mind immediately combating the body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She seemed locked in deadly combat with a sinister force. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To combat it, spraying with DDT was begun, first in a small way, then at a suddenly accelerated rate in 1953. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Four young aviators had been killed—even before they’d had a chance to fly into combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And though the war was young, the plane was winning a reputation for being delicate, especially in the skinny wings, which could snap off if struck in combat. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Now combating two men, Powell fought harder, slashing wildly with the knife. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, are you forbidding me to fly any more combat missions?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In combat he was terrifying, fighting entirely to kill, indifferent to any wounds he received himself and closing with his adversaries until his weight overbore and exhausted them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z During “weeding combat,” which occurred between June and August, primary school students worked from four in the morning until dusk pulling weeds in corn, bean, and sorghum fields. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z By the end of March, the last US combat troops pulled out of Vietnam, leaving ten thousand Americans: military advisors, Marines to protect US installations, and non-military personnel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was the reward for their success in combat that Marina had wished for them in her speech on the day they’d said goodbye to her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Whites, therefore, were excluded from the law, although some went to the combat schools of their own accord, since it was good to know how to protect one’s self in these dangerous times. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Every afternoon we work on combat skills, throwing knives, fighting hand to hand; I even teach them to climb trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z André finally admitted his identity, but insisted he was a combat officer, not a spy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than prescribe anything to combat the illness that was now wreaking havoc on my system, the doctor told me my body was doing its job and would rid itself of everything on its own. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And by the end, there was hand-to-hand combat in the streets. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The same white-columned Greek buildings were scattered around the valley—the amphitheater, the combat arena, the dining pavilion overlooking Long Island Sound. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Milo, of course. We all want to spend more time in combat. But people like you and me serve in different ways. Look at my own record,” Colonel Cathcart uttered a deprecatory laugh. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I find Hel on the combat field sparring with Tristas while a Combat Centurion looks on. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z ‘Then you are reinstated in probatio’ Octavian said, ‘until you have proven yourself in combat.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I usually got a little exercise while logged into the OASIS, by engaging in physical combat or running around the virtual landscape on my treadmill. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The four of them had written a letter together begging Marina to help them become combat pilots, and they joined the 122nd Air Group together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z While I was a fair amateur boxer, I had very little knowledge of even the rudiments of combat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy never even got to meet the chaplain he was supposed to assist, was never even issued a steel helmet and combat boots. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z You’d walk down McDowell Street, and half the people you passed seemed to be nursing an injury sustained in local combat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There was also hand-to-hand combat and weapons training. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The election would determine everything from the fate of the new health-care law to whether America would be part of the global effort to combat climate change. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fie had served all over the world, including combat tours in Vietnam. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t mind blood or pain—he actually enjoyed combat—but there was something about a dentist that just gave him the creeps. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a doubt, the most intense wartime relationships formed by any of Marina Raskova’s aviators were the bonds formed by a flight crew in combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Each time he was taken off combat status, he gave a big party for the little circle of friends he had. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To combat the ruckus, Herbie first stuck fingers in his ears, then he tried some tiny cotton wads. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the terrain was so unfamiliar to the Americans, a large part of their time was spent training for jungle combat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Marigolds are now used in many places for combating nematodes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome our fear.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To combat this, trees have formed elaborate defense mechanisms. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Piper was on watch while her friends geared up for combat - checking their weapons and armour, loading the ballistae and catapults. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He actually looked pretty smooth and official, dressed up in his black leather jacket, combat boots, and beret. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Everyone must have been dreading the onset of another harsh winter—especially now that Marina’s aviators had to work to keep the planes ready for combat every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Returning with a towel coiled and ready for combat, she swipes the Blob’s butt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z English and American troops are already engaged in heavy combat. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Anticipating the barn was about to be burned down, Booth challenged all of his pursuers to honorable combat on open ground. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how sharp my intuition is, no matter how well I do at Drake or how perfectly I score in defense and target practice and hand-to-hand combat, Metias’s eyes always hold that fear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I combated him with health class facts and my father’s numbers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “And that is the worst kind of combat. You see only flashes of fire coming at you: flamethrowers and trace ammunition.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Chariots circled it, locked in combat with the creature in the cloud. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He regarded her craftily, almost with pleasure at the thought of combat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But his sense of caution did not prevent him from making immediate and dramatic changes to combat the Red Scare. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Never in a million years had he thought his grandmother would need rescuing, but now he started running combat scenarios in his mind-—the way he had back at camp during the war games. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They made over nine thousand solo flights in their fast and dangerous Yak fighters—about half of those were combat missions, and 125 were air battles. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I was sent overseas as a pilot, and I should be flying more combat missions and spending less time on my duties as a mess officer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His troops were untested, and he himself had never been in combat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These midwestern programs have been conducted in a spirit of crisis, as though the advance of the beetle presented an extreme peril justifying any means to combat it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Swordsfolk go toe-to-toe against one another in single combat, fighting for the honor of impressing the High King and his Court. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He hurled the javelin across the field, a symbol of engaging in combat with a foreign enemy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Clarisse was with Lee Fletcher from the Apollo cabin—melee and ranged combat combined, they would be a tough combo to beat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We were in the war now but I thought it would take a year to get any great amount of troops over and train them for combat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Marina was growing impatient and was anxious about getting to her regiment, so soon to be assigned to combat and still without their commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My chances of surviving one-on-one combat with a demi-lich were nonexistent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Do you ever think of the men you’ve killed in combat, darling?” she said, trying to begin a conversation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z These were the first American combat troops sent to the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I am completely absorbed in combat life. I can’t seem to think of anything but the fighting,” Lilya told her mother. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As she walked toward me, the heels of her studded combat boots clicked on the stone floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She laced up her tall combat boots and squinted at herself again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They walked together toward the massive hulk of Iofiir’s palace, where the combat ground lay flat and open at the foot of the walls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A dozen nations were using the new technology of aircraft for bombing, for taking photographs of enemy troops, for shooting at soldiers on the ground, and for aerial combat against enemy pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Well, she looked like she was about to overthrow a dictatorship in her black T-shirt, combat pants, and boots. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z This was a combat medical stretcher enclosed by a biocontainment bubble made of clear plastic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a combat stance, the same one that I was taught in the police academy.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She was, after all, the lady of the estate, and it fell to her to pay for one of the better combat schools for her charges, should she be so inclined. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But because it had taken so long to deliver and master the powerful Pe-2 dive-bomber aircraft with its aircrew of three, the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment still wasn’t flying combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As I mentioned before, I had been trained in combat. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He was standing on a narrow track made up of loose gray pebbles that crunched under his combat boots when he walked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Finally the warriors were still and silent, watching each other face to face across the width of the combat ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But the military forbade them from serving with whites, deeming them mentally deficient for the rigors of combat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Around a million Americans saw combat or were frequently exposed to enemy fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He dressed in fatigue pants, a military issue T-shirt, and combat boots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out a pair of Gap combat trousers, Nike sweatshirt and sneakers, got dressed, then sat on the bed and waited. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “British landing craft are engaged in combat with German naval units,” according to the BBC. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Joe ran off a few years later, presumably to one of the combat schools, and so their heartbreak was complete, Auntie Aggie clucking her tongue and saying, “Told you them twins was an ill omen.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Though our forces were not victorious, we quietly celebrated the fact that our MK cadres had engaged the enemy in combat on their own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent free weekends instructing C.P.’s men in combat techniques and firearms training, strutting around in the woods outside of town, barking orders and wearing an 8 mm Mauser strapped on his hip. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Thim bullets I was telling ye about, now: the brains didn’t be much good wid-out they were taken in single combat It was the virtue of them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mint-green sundress, dark green cardigan, gray tights, and my gold combat boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Most were inept at it, but some had clearly been trained in combat. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The local chieftain was an expert in hand-to-hand combat, using an offshoot of what was more popularly known as Brazilian jujitsu. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z At the time, the only medicine to combat malaria was quinine, which is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z These men had seen combat, and were well informed about the state of the exile movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And when they did buy from Olive she gave them a sense of actual combat, of putting a bayonet in the stomach of Germany. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maculele is danced with sticks or sugar cane stalks, and it looks very much like training for combat. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Veteran combat pilots trained the recruits in air combat tactics. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We no longer work in the fields but spend the hours learning to fight in combat as rumors spread that Youns have invaded our borders. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day I combed the sidewalks and alleys looking for a crust of bread or anything else edible in the attempt to combat my constant hunger. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Every time Colonel Cathcart increased the number of missions and returned Hungry Joe to combat duty, the nightmares stopped and Hungry Joe settled down into a normal state of terror with a smile of relief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I suppose it is no secret, however, that my private thoughts of you soften the clutch of combat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m not allowed in actual combat, but they invite me to the meetings on the status of the war, which is a lot more than they did in 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Morgant’s riders had been slain or captured as Gwydion’s voice rose in command to cease the combat. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know, Strange, that to ask a Tizerkane if he fears you is to challenge him to single combat?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And the hero answered: “Before long they will stand to right and left of us in combat, in the shouting, when the test comes— our nerve against the suitors’ in my hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had flown sis combat tours of duty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As the sun rose each morning, the fifteen roosters quit heralding dawn and started their mortal combat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment had been flying in combat for only about six months when they suffered their heavy casualties and reinforcements in the summer of 1943. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Individual combat is a common theme; losers were formally stripped of their garments and forced to parade naked. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z First Sergeant Maples explained to the court that since 1946 he had been assigned to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he specialized in the training of combat troops. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “He uses the techniques of the Fascists. Everyone is armed and ready for combat at a moment’s notice. How will we ever win Cuba back if we ourselves are not prepared to fight?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At that time the Soviet Red Army was the only military in the world that officially allowed women to go into combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z At first my unit was scheduled to go to Nam, but a doctor at Fort Devens had said that my knee was too bad for combat duty. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he was a combat veteran, Captain Laird found him another job. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He lit on Mrs. Weidenbach’s daddy, and they both rolled in the street, locked in combat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When the regiment was flying combat missions, the armorers had to service the aircraft two or three times every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Like a soldier after years of combat, Tony hated the war and wanted Wes to do whatever he could to avoid it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She joined a men’s battalion and went into combat with them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The Spotted Cat proposed to challenge the enemy to send forth a champion to face him in single combat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could pick something safe, and stay out of combat in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There, inches from the tips of Weary’s combat boots, were the pitiful buttons of Billy’s spine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Their Yaks were ready for a combat mission—but no assignment came. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Among them were the thirteen Navajo code talkers whod been assigned to the First Division and saw combat on the Gilberts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z On the roof of Jason’s building stood his old comrades from Camp Jupiter: an array of demigods in combat armor, their Imperial gold weapons and shields glinting in the dark. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The policy of the Army at that time was not to send women into combat roles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Private Jocko gave forth a grunt—collapsed—and the smoke of combat twined with that of arson. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z People are rocking hoodies and combat boots, and you just know the days of summer bliss are long gone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The river rang to the sounds of their combat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Of the twenty-one men who had followed him to war, fourteen fell in combat, six were wounded, and only one accompanied him at the moment of final defeat: Colonel Gerineldo Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was a big man with a crew cut, a black leather biker’s jacket, black jeans, a white muscle shirt, and combat boots. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z All over the USSR, women who could fly were now assigned to train new pilots—many of them young men who’d be flying off to combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Molly and I have the same flaw in combat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “We’re not going into combat, are we?” he blurted out in horror. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But only a fool would try to take Inej in close combat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Katya had to unfasten her straps and climb up out of the cockpit to prove that she and her crew were ready for combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It looked right at home, lying on its belly, growling contentedly as it chewed the head off a combat dummy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Russians were fed up with a sickly prince swallowing strange herbs to combat a mysterious illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’ve played with a lot of the Capitol’s weapons in training, but none designed for military combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The government didn’t like the idea of women fighting in frontline combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Campers left all the time on combat missions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In my mind, I scaled such mountains of combat often. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z These highly racialized appeals, targeted to poor and working-class whites, were nearly always accompanied by vehement promises to be tougher on crime and to enhance the federal government’s role in combating it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They clashed like some sort of weird Christmas combat scene—the red versus the green. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Code talkers not in combat would be flown in to Pearl or some other convenient location to update everyone on any changes or additions made in the code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A message flashed on my display: player-versus-player combat not permitted here! Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Perry, I don’t want to take you into combat if the knee’s really bad, ” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Without realizing how it had come about, the combat men in the squadron discovered themselves dominated by the administrators appointed to serve them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Those flowers on the wings of an aircraft at rest boasted: I am a woman and I am a combat pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Dozens of avatars were locked in fierce combat on a multitiered playing field behind him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Their long braided hair looped around their waists, where it was cinched tight—a testament to their years of contemplation and combat training at the top of the Tower. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z On the largest forklift stood a girl who looked like an older version of Reyna, in black combat armor with a glittering gold belt around her waist. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z At the age of thirty-three, Valentin was already an experienced combat pilot and commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For some attendees, whose career goals didn’t involve combat, it was a way to get a taste of what the combat experience feels like. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I saw an advertisement in Scholastic’s Scope magazine promoting the Spirit of Anne Frank scholarship for students who “combat discrimination in their own communities.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Some of the men wore night-vision headsets and all of them bristled with weapons—compact machine guns, laser-sighted pistols, combat knives. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When he faces Turnus in the last combat there is no interest in the outcome. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that day, another tribute is killed in combat and a third gets eaten by a pack of those fluffy squirrels, leaving Haymitch and a girl from District 1 to vie for the crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This was the area where the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment was about to be sent on their first combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “In order to do this, we will need Dauntless’s help. They have the weapons and the combat experience. You could bridge the gap between us and them.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z All new graduates to training field one for combat practice immediately. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I packed my unwashed combat fatigues and sent them to my family with a note: Dear Parents, Here are my clothes, still stained with the sweat and mud and blood of Bougainville. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “In combat your enemy won’t be stationary,” he said now, looking the boy in the eye. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As I trudge to combat training with a group of other Senior Skulls, I realize Faris has just asked me a question for a third time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I put in long hours at Sidley & Austin, often eating both lunch and dinner at my desk while combating a continuous flow of documents, all of them written in precise and decorous lawyer-language. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It also helps if you are in a life-and-death situation, such as combat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With amiable regret, he declined the offer of a combat post under General Dreedle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I was,” he later said, “like every other regular officer, extremely eager for service abroad as a commander of combat troops.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard for some people to understand, especially those who’d never been in combat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Three years of combat experience tells Washburn that he is in trouble; Confederate cavalrymen have found his infantry. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t been in heavy combat before, and like many of the others, he was scared, not sure what to expect or how he would behave in combat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I already have black pantyhose and my black combat boots. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We needed time to rest before we were ready to go into combat again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Only in the corner where the combat had taken place could I detect any evidence of the young gentleman’s existence. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z That same month, Marina Chechneva flew her five hundredth mission in a Po-2—her five hundredth mission in a little more than a year of combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z That didn’t happen for a long time—nor did everyone who joined Marina Raskova’s aviators end up flying as combat pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When Iron Emmett spied him, he raised a hand and combat ceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The final stage of breaking to the cricket standard was by mock combats. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Nadezhda Degtereva, who disguised herself as a man so she could go to war, became the first woman to be wounded in air combat—though the medics who treated her wounds discovered her secret. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was possible, and sometimes she thought it probable, that his affection might be reanimated, and the influence of his friends successfully combated by the more natural influence of Jane’s attractions. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Herbert became one of thousands of combat veterans who end up in jail or prison after completing their military service. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was simply a replacement pilot who had been killed in combat before he had officially reported for duty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Seven and Thorn did as she said, surrounding the Nightbeast as best they could and barraging it with combat spells as fast as they could go. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z On a foggy night in England in February 1941, twenty-two British bomber aircraft crashed after returning from a combat mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I’d have to be crazy to get mixed up in something like this now that I’m out of combat.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then he had been drafted and fought for the 442nd, the combat unit made up of Japanese American men. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Annabeth was in no condition to run, and she didn’t like her chances in combat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Over the last few months, Jason had fought many battles, but he’d forgotten what it was like to feel good in combat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “He had an ability that helped him in combat,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There are four parts: an obstacle course that assesses your physical condition, a written tactics exam, a test of weapons proficiency, and a simulated combat situation in the Block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The well-meaning white people, I said, had to combat, actively and directly, the racism in other white people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I peeled my eyes away from the firefighters to the police in combat gear. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Despite multiple referrals from commanding officers for psychiatric evaluation, he remained in combat for seven months before his “crying outbursts” and “uncommunicative withdrawal” resulted in an honorable discharge in December 1966. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He has sixty-four knights in prison, whom he has captured in single combat, and he spends the time beating them with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’d finished her course, she was told she had to train sixty men before she'd be allowed to volunteer for combat duty. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Now she realized that the hardest test for a child of Athena wasn’t leading a quest or facing death in combat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t sleep for at least three months.... We had been fighting for one thousand nights—one thousand nights in combat.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Like a seasoned fighter, the young mouse chose to nominate the time and place of combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Sergeant Maples had in his time trained thousands of men in hand-to-hand combat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Leo wasn’t sure whether he felt relieved or insulted that the combat trainer was interrogating Frank, while Leo got the home economics teacher. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All I had thought about combat was that I would never die, that our side would win, and that we would all go home somehow satisfied. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have twenty thousand men. You are besieged by land and sea. Why would I choose single combat when my eventual victory is certain?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Villagers ran from combat clutching small children as news anchors reported ever-growing numbers of Americans killed in action. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He showed his clear commitment to them by flying with them on many of their combat missions, which quickly gained their respect and admiration. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Even though they weren’t flying combat missions, the air work that British women were doing was so impressive that the Americans decided they needed to check it out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His gentle demeanor aside, he thrived on combat, and improbably, given his academic and chess prowess, he’d once been the European heavyweight amateur boxing champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The riflemen and the other living allies were bemused: they could make nothing of this ghostly, spectral combat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary and Daedalus were still locked in combat with the giants, and I could hear shouting in the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Ares campers developed a sudden interest in their combat boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In each of the examples below, unsplitting the infinitive either changes the sense or leads to garble: The policy of the Army at that time was to not send women into combat roles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The media were only too willing to cooperate, because as far the New York media was concerned, crack was the hottest combat reporting story to come along since the end of the Vietnam War. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His camouflage outfit—he had swapped his Gap combat trousers for the real thing—fitted him badly, cutting in between his legs and under his arms but hanging loose everywhere else. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z So he gets his fix of heroism and combat from fantasy books. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z So there we are, with high-rise combat all around us. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He knew it would burn through the handcuffs in seconds, and the worst thing was he could actually feel it, where he had put it, in the zipped-up outer pocket of his combat trousers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I go for Zelda because she teleports and deflects projectiles and shoots fireballs from great distances, which are all optimal moves for any player looking to avoid hand-to-hand combat. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She kept it in her plane—she’d take it out and knit until she was given a combat assignment and then she’d tuck it behind her parachute. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These urbanites were to be permanent reinforcements for “rice-planting combat,” the annual campaign that sends office workers, students, and soldiers to the countryside for two months in the spring and two weeks in the fall. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Enobaria looks to be about thirty and all I can remember about her is that, in hand-to-hand combat, she killed one tribute by ripping open his throat with her teeth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So she curled up in a quiet corner of the combat ground with Pantalaimon as a wolverine to keep her warm, and piled snow over herself as a bear would do, and went to sleep. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They were wearing a different uniform from the combat soldiers outside, but they carried the same hardware and had the same placid expressions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though they were already flying combat missions, he made them drill in high-altitude flying and precision dive-bombing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All the while, Helene watches, growing more infuriated every time she beats me in combat—or witnesses someone else beat me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “And as long as they don’t interfere with your main assignment of recommending that the authority of Special Services be expanded to include combat activities.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to keep flying combat missions because of that dose of yours until they kill me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I challenge you. Single combat, three battles. You win, I keep the bodyguards. You lose, you call them off.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He called an uncle in Chicago who’d been in combat in World War II and asked if he could come for a visit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Their new commander, Nikolai Baranov, made them feel at home, even though they were the only two women in the regiment—he could see they were both fantastic combat pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As I drifted off to a fitful, exhausted sleep late that night, I thought about what was the strangest thing of all that first day of combat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The men torn apart by the blast were all his friends, his combat brothers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z One of the country's least-discussed postwar problems is how frequently combat veterans bring the traumas of war back with them and are incarcerated after returning to their communities. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She still had to train her recruits and prove that they could make their mark as serious combat teams. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He stared down at his paper plate, his face expressionless, and I almost had the feeling that he had gone rigid, tense, as a soldier does before he jumps from shelter into open combat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “If a flashback like that happens when you’re in combat—” “I know,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Mayhap he turned his sword to ploughshare; but perhaps, too, all was combat now. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z By the summer of 1943, these women were all fighting in combat against the German invaders. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He remembered experiencing the same disquieting sensation almost two weeks later when Yossarian appeared at his tent to ask to be taken off combat duty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Hands shaking, I pull on the combat boots and fatigues Izzi filched from the school’s supply closets. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We had an opportunity to relive the medieval era and enjoy a nice dinner while being entertained by knights participating in hand-to-hand combat. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Three days after her arrival at Stalingrad, Lilya Litvyak had become the first woman in the world to shoot down enemy combat aircraft on her own—not one, but two in the same flight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “But would you say that, sir, even in the light of General Peckem’s recent memorandum on the subject of appropriate military attire in combat areas?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The teachers’ security council gave a few kids detention and we were all threatened with serious repercussions if the combat continued. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Seven’s stomach churned with fear, and she practiced her combat skills and magical attacks in her head the whole way. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He took part in an unarmed combat class and was knocked to the ground so often that it took all his nerve to persuade himself to get up again. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It should synthesize a particular grievance into a succinct and pithy phrase, while mobilizing the people to combat it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z More than a million Americans had served in combat or in at-risk support teams in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he’s had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They growl as they kick him in the ribs with their combat boots. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Incompetence over Ferrara, insubordination, refusal to engage the enemy in combat when ordered to do so, and desertion.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This would be his first day of combat. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That way, American men could be freed up for combat work. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Her hands worked within a membrane’s thickness of a death worse than any death in combat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a meal of C rations, they’d turn in, still wearing their combat clothes and boots. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And in the fiery skies above Russia, women drop bombs and fly fighter planes in aerial combat against German pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The two regiments flew together until the end of the war, starting with the 587th’s very first combat mission on January 28, 1943. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These allegations embarrassed the government, and to combat them they brought in a string of outsiders meant to rebut these critical stories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To please our father, Laertes took every chance to engage in fierce competition with Prince Hamlet He knew that to advance at court, he had to master all manner of sports and combat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was dressed in Greek combat armor—sandals, kilt, and greaves, a breastplate decorated with elaborate sea monster designs—and everything he wore was gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was wearing a combat helmet, which looked incongruous with his fine sports clothes and Italian shoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The minority party in Congress was against the combat schools from the start, saying that Negroes shouldn't be the ones to fight the dead—either because were too stupid or because it's inhumane. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It is true that we Navajos gained a reputation for being especially tough in combat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But before any decisive combat had taken place, a youth in Thebes not yet grown to manhood had died for his country and in his death had shown himself the noblest of all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They told the boys about the joy and excitement of combat. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’d hate to be responsible for doing anything that would put him back in combat. I owe a lot to Yossarian. Isn’t there any way we could make an exception of him?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Yes, with his teeth gritted, no doubt. God, Mayhem grits his teeth a lot in these books. He’s definitely going to get TMJ, if he survives all this combat.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “But now I found myself gripping the controls with a nervous tension I hadn’t experienced since that first combat mission.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Her note to me is an order to report to training field two for hand-to-hand combat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A few weeks away from the combat zone would do me good. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed incredible that such lasting ire as Corporal Whitcomb’s could have stemmed from his rejection of Bingo or the form letters home to the families of the men killed in combat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I sit patiently through the rest of the paint job and don my costume, which now includes a bloody bandage over the scar on my arm to indicate I’ve been in recent combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The combat had decided nothing and the battle was renewed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days later, her closest friend was killed in combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As my stats continued to increase, I honed my avatar’s combat and spell-casting abilities while collecting a wide array of powerful weapons, magic items, and vehicles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He shaved and showered quickly, then put on his most faded and beloved fatigues, pulled his swagger stick from a top drawer, laced up his combat boots, and strode toward Ben’s room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was busy soaking my shirt at a nearby communal tap so as to combat the effects of tear gas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the accident, the 588th was given another two months of training before they left Engels to fly into combat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z If he heard anything that led him to believe Heisenberg was close to developing an atomic bomb, Berg’s orders were to take the man hors de combat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what combat is all about,” he said, looking in the mirror he had nailed on a pole at the end of his bunk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the Republic murdered relatives of my Drake classmates too, all those people who died in combat or in accidents or of illnesses? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Nice wheels,” I said to combat the uncomfortable silence. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z His hands fidgeted with the hem of his shirt, but considering the way he studied the Romans, noting their positions and their weapons, Jason figured this satyr had been in combat before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he made Weary sit down in the snow and take off his combat boots, which he gave to the beautiful boy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As Max piloted the Vonnegut down to the surface, I prepared for the possibility of combat by charging up my armor and buffing my avatar with several potions and nano packs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was a lean, happy, excitable man who had turned out to be calm and serene in combat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Were they up to the grueling combat work that lay ahead? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “For instance, uncle, if Lancelot were actually found in Guenever's bed, in front of witnesses, then there would be no need for combat, would there?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean the idiots that I handpicked for cowardice and ineptitude? Oh, yes, bravo, Your Highness. That was a masterly piece of combat,” said Ripred, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Achilles killed Memnon in a glorious combat, the Greek hero’s last battle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small, short-barreled, pocket-size handgun designed for concealment, not combat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The second trial by combat was as sensational as the Mador one had been. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a great deal of pressure on her, after more than a year of preparation, to finally prove herself as a woman who could lead a combat regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The astronauts, former test pilots and combat veterans accustomed to riding with the shadow of death on every flight, put themselves in NASA’s hands. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In November, he announced that the National Security Management System, a secret structure set up under P. W. Botha to combat antiapartheid forces, would be dissolved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, to get people used to combat conditions, they’d have unexpected drills in the middle of the night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You weren’t originally authorized for combat in either case,” says Plutarch, shooting me a look that signals I’m about to reveal too much. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I already had my combat boots and jeans that still fit from last year. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Staring at the ceiling, listening for the sound of helicopters and the pounding of combat boots on the roof. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z These forces did, on occasion, help some to get ahead, and they appeared courageous in combat with other mercenaries. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z As well as being Lera’s very first nighttime combat, this was the first air victory for the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Dad may have found some truth there, too, but he wasn’t dumb enough to jump into the raging battle, so he just took Jeffrey off of the field of combat and up to bed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Maples acquiesced to the inevitable and did combat with the defendant that afternoon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They had flown hundreds of combat missions and wanted to fly hundreds more. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “All you’ve got there is a scratch. He’ll have you back flying combat missions the day you come out, Purple Heart and all.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They were glad that the war had lasted long enough for them to find out what combat was really like. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This would all cause trouble later, but for now, the young pilots of the 586th were busy getting used to flying real combat missions—even if they weren’t at the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As Smith watched him in racing combat, images from his mustang days assembled in his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the press of combat, Taran glimpsed a white steed galloping to the charge. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z During the Battle of Manhattan, Nico had seen him in action - the camp’s best combat medic, risking his life to save wounded campers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hercules, whose life was one long combat against preposterous monsters, is always said to have had his home in the city of Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Killing ten people at once may not be difficult for three people trained in combat, but it's hard for a lone person green as the grass. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Johnson agreed to send two battalions of combat troops to protect the base. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The Tomahawks were locked in fierce combat against the Mongols. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For what seemed like the two hundredth time, she went over their plan, she touched her pockets to be sure she had her foxglove darts, she recited their combat spells under her breath. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Though advisors had died already in Vietnam, sending in combat troops meant many more Americans would be killed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Got to do all we can to combat this cat killer until I’ve raised enough money.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Flying combat missions for General Dreedle is not exactly what I had in mind,” he explained indulgently with a smooth laugh. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She had never seen her father in actual combat before. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Only sugar—the sweetness we all crave—could drive people to be so cruel, and to combat all forms of cruelty. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The tableau of a little boy engaged in mental combat with a judge, doctor, or college professor some eight or ten times his age was often greeted with mirth and wonder. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wore his expert marksmanship and combat infantryman’s badges. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "I . . ." ". . . came to challenge me in hand-to-hand combat?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She has on a little beige combat outfit with black boots; she looks like a Soviet soldier recruit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Her father, Ares, had worn the same expression when I’d fought him in single combat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The soldiers sat under the shade of mango trees dressed in full combat gear. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Do you know if something happens, sugah, you could be in combat later today?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You little anticipated I would be packing dirt in redoubts to combat His Majesty’s Army.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "The gods know the truth of my innocence. I will have their verdict, not the judgment of men. I demand trial by combat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That night after dinner, Quintus had us suit up in combat armor like we were getting ready for capture the flag, but the mood among the campers was a lot more serious. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This tactic was commonly used by industrialists to combat strikes and was well-known among laborers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Seven tied her combat boots and slipped on her oversized purple hoodie before securing her pointy hat on her curly hair with some pins. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Although Marina’s aviators were excited to be finally engaged in combat, most people weren’t rushing to defend their Motherland with the same energy and passion they’d felt the year before. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His remaining eye regarded Nailer, and his breath was laced with the stench of combat and blood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I try to hold on to that, and use it to combat my worries. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “It was called shell shock and combat fatigue and startle reaction.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a horse that could have carried a knight in full armor into combat, but all it carried on its naked back was a woman, clothed from head to foot in grey. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z To combat this, Hollingsworth wrote, “Take one part muriatic acid to ten parts of water; rub the feet every night with this mixture before retiring to bed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The First World War had ended before he completed his flight training, but he often wrote about combat pilots and aerial performers in his fiction. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The woman in front of us at the TSA Security Checkpoint was wearing knee-high combat boots. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Mom decided hand-to-hand combat was the best tactic. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “The fire...the bandits...I still cannot believe that you defeated Regibald du Burgh in single combat. You were smart to lure him up into that broken glass tower.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They left muddy combat boots, flowers, flags, and Purple Hearts. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And a new dimension entered the combat: a father’s awareness of a growing son, the son as challenger, the son as threat, the son as successor, the son as man. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My combat pack was on my back, my rifle held at the ready. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly I saw monsters, but there were some human mercenaries in combat fatigues and demigods in armor, too. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’ll fight you, in single combat,” cried Will, “and if you give way, then the fighting has to stop.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Vietnam veterans, some wearing their combat uniforms, protest outside the US Capitol, smashing toy guns, 1971 About a thousand veterans took part in the weeklong antiwar demonstration in Washington, DC. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This would be a good place to see combat up close. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “He’ll at least get beat up by Edward, who has been studying hand-to-hand combat since we were ten years old. For fun.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They flew in formation, fired at targets pulled by tow planes, simulated combat runs, and dive- bombed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “That averages out to almost one combat mission every two months. And I’ll bet your total doesn’t include the time you bombed us.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But the formation of the women’s air regiments was kept quiet at first, because very few other women were being taken into the army in combat roles yet. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “It’s—well—I’ll tell you the one thing I can think of. This is much more like a bitter, deadly combat than a birth.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the gates of Daznak’s Pit two towering bronze warriors stood locked in mortal combat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But not one of the spells he had practiced had been designed to combat a sudden reversal of ground and sky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I still loved hiking the blue trail with him, him in his red bandanna and combat shorts that I could smell from a yard away, but we didn’t get to do that much. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The idea of sending me into combat is controversial. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Rank meant little to the men on combat duty, and relations between officers and enlisted men were relaxed and informal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “The match is over when one of the participants steps outside of the outlined parameters. Remember, this is strictly a hand-to-hand combat. Do not summon the splendor.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Lyra tore at the brambles with her bare hands, Will slashed and hacked to left and right, as around them the combat of the shadowy beings became more and more savage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Another reason for not eating before heading into combat was something no one wanted to talk about. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent three years at Miss Preston’s honing my combat skills, refining my manners, getting an education. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z For all its horror, you can’t help but gape at the awful majesty of combat. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Detroit experience has been repeated in many other communities as pressure has mounted to combat the Japanese beetle with chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So I made sure to load up all of my combat contingency macros. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For the Spanish cannot withstand cavalry, and the Swiss have to fear infantry, when they discover those who are as stubborn in combat as they are. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I had my sight, but we shared a handicap: we both walked into a dark corridor of combat, with no view of what lay ahead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They both knew that this accusation must end in trial by combat, and Lancelot wanted to make him realize with whom he would have to fight Sir Meliagrance did realize this eventually. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But my stomach is screaming, and my feet are throbbing inside my combat boots. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was not true that he wrote memorandums praising himself and recommending that his authority be enhanced to include all combat operations; he wrote memoranda. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After ten months of training and combat as a Marine, I was now seventeen years old— according to the records kept by the Indian agent. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the kind of reckless use of explosives that wouldn't have been sensible in a combat zone, much less in a poor black neighborhood in Dothan, Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z George Kirk, another code talker who had seen combat on the Canal, had given me that advice about our bulky hand-cranked TBX radios. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He finished his training just as the Korean War settled into a truce, narrowly missing the chance to fly combat missions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He now had two full colonels; General Dreedle had only five, and four of those were combat commanders. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was General Peckem’s opinion that all combat units in the theater should be placed under the jurisdiction of the Special Service Corps, of which General Peckem himself was the commanding officer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She claimed to be an expert in combatting cold weather and in avoiding head colds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When combat injuries resulted in death months or years later, service members' names were added to the Wall. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In their three years on the front lines, the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment flew more than twenty-four thousand combat missions in total. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On January 30, only three weeks after they learned of Marina Raskova’s death, the 587th flew an independent combat mission for the first time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Because failing out of Miss Preston's means going to one of the other Negro combat schools, and none of them are half as good as Miss Preston's. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Documents showed that President Kennedy sent Special Forces troops to South Vietnam in the spring of 1961, putting Americans into combat in Vietnam for the first time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Even though the pilots didn’t have to fly during the day, the huge strain of the nightly combat missions affected their ability to relax. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But in the last bloody combat Martin was seriously wounded. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Folks enjoyed that sort of thing and it was politically useful given the combat with the northern states and the antislavery movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He came with a delegation and advised them bluntly to make each man sign a loyalty oath before allowing him to fly on a combat mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He could be stern with her most of the time, but when occasionally her temper arose, he could not combat it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The children of Athena had many skills, and not just in combat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I yield the combat. Horatio, this lady’s mind is a fair match for mine, and her beauty grows with the wisdom she speaks.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A cute present—but presumably the men didn’t feel the need to drop reassuring teddy bears off at other men’s air regiments just before a combat mission! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z McWatt was the craziest combat man of them all probably, because he was perfectly sane and still did not mind the war. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Most guys in our unit outfit wanted to get into combat,” Horan said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Being a combat soldier makes you real mean.I was extremely mean,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The rest of the day is a blur of failed combat battles, curt conversations, and narrow escapes from Helene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She flew combat missions with little bouquets of flowers stuck on her dashboard. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Neither the besiegers nor the besieged could gain any real advantage and finally both sides agreed to let the matter be decided by a combat between the brothers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Sela knew exactly how many rats, weasels, stoats and ferrets were able-bodied enough for combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Aarfy’s buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It became one of the most decorated combat units in American history. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t you see what that means? Now you can take me off combat duty and send me home. They’re not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Milo, I forbid you to fly any more combat missions,” Colonel Cathcart declared in a tone of stem and inflexible authority. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Ten years before, Caputo had been one of the first marines to see combat in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instead, I took two big slices of bread, stuck my steak in between them, wrapped it up, and stashed it in my combat pack. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He could bomb, put US forces in Vietnam, and initiate large-scale combat operations, all without consulting Congress. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “There’s a rumor in my squadron that you told them you weren’t going to fly any more combat missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Philip Freneau chose to combat the plague with denial and humor. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He doesn’t mention combat or planes being shot down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They weren’t a group of naive schoolgirls—they were a regiment of well-trained aviators, and some of them had already flown in combat under enemy fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Attendants get training in hand-to-hand combat because the dead ain't the only threat to young ladies of good breeding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, man. Where did you get those ’90s combat boots, though?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But for all that, someone very high up would have had to approve putting a thirteen-year-old in combat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She also had on faded black jeans and a pair of studded combat boots. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As disgusting as it is, I need all the fuel I can get if I’m going to win in combat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe she wasn’t feeling as smoky, or maybe she’d just had more combat training. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the war is over, he believes that the issue has been settled by combat, that God has passed judgment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My friends are worried about me, and Marcus makes a point of challenging me on the combat field every chance he gets. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was a student of war, with clear ideas about how his men ought to conduct themselves in combat. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z On June 10, 1943, exactly a year after they’d flown their first combat mission, there was a special ceremony to celebrate the honor of being named the 46th Guards earlier that year. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And so Butler went against his training, screaming like a demon and utilizing the most vulgar combat actions. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Though some of these personnel were probably on coastal patrol and other duties, it can be presumed that the vast majority were trainees, killed without ever seeing a combat theater. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Typical JP: His face was blacked, which was a good cover for the massive purple bruise around his eye, and he was dressed in combat fatigues with a camouflaged bucket hat that shaded his eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In Pennsylvania fish have been killed in numbers by endrin, used in orchards to combat mice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z These were growing flesh as I watched, turning into men, but men with dull gray skin, yellow eyes, and modern clothes—gray muscle shirts, camo pants, and combat boots. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, reading a graphic description of combat wounds suffered by American soldiers, Gravel began to cry. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But as the 586th’s first winter of defensive combat began to bite down in November 1942, the young aircraft mechanics didn’t have any of this rehearsed to a fine art. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was a hero now, the biggest hero the Air Force had, Yossarian felt, for he had flown more combat tours of duty than any other hero the Air Force had. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “She was promised to me, until Hercules butted in. He insisted on combat.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Personal combat has no meaning. It is an unfair justice anyway. It is the thugs who win.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She combats this by trying her hardest never to get her hopes up, and urging everyone else to do the same. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z That way, if people were transferred or killed in combat, there were always competent airwomen ready to fly the open-cockpit Po-2s on their nightly harassment missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In nearly every one are tales of academic success against tremendous odds: a battered wife or a combat veteran or a laid-off worker on the way to a better life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A lot of the Negro girls’ combat schools are in old plantation houses, while the boys’ combat schools are in abandoned military barracks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Lyra left his side and walked across the combat ground, bare and clear as it was, leaving her little footprints in the snow, and the bears on the far side parted to let her through. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Rooms were set aside for bookbinding and herb mixing and broadsword training and hand-to-hand combat practice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z "There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped, I'm dead!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I guess I have to. Say, do you think there’s any chance they might take you off combat duty and send you home?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z |
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