| 单词 | fighter |
| 例句 | She had the poise of a sword fighter—relaxed yet vigilant, as if ready to spring into action at any moment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was not only going to be a fighter pilot, but I was going to Las Vegas, Nevada, where training was given in the very best fighter, the F-86 Sabrejet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex took off like a fighter jet launched off an aircraft carrier. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 You do not have to be the largest or most dangerous fighter, Ekon, the old man had once said to him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Six months later, I was a fighter pilot flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed her fighter the reins and leaped from her chariot into mine like it was the easiest thing in the world. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Before our marriage, she had moved in circles of relative wealth and comfort, a life very different from the often hand-to- mouth existence of the freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So distressed was I that I was on the verge of lending my efforts to the fire fighters, even at the risk of being recognized. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Every kite fighter had an assistant—in my case, Hassan—who held the spool and fed the line. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z King Hizdahr’s pit fighters were already growing bored and restive with their new duties, and bored men were lax, slow to react. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And he makes up these cockalamie stories to stand my hair on end about being a flying fighter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "No. In these one-night amateur shows, the club in charge matches up the fighters at the last minute." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare, camouflage expert and foot fighter, in the lead; Jess Squirrel, champion climber and pathfinder, close behind him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Amolf Karstark is an old man with a crooked back, and even in his youth he was never the fighter Lord Rickard was. The rigors of the campaign may well kill him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a caption under Sissy’s picture: “Widow of heroic fire fighter.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn't look like a fighter, so my guess is he was in an accident. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I learned that the soldiers who kidnapped him gave the kids guns and made them shoot people to prove they were good fighters. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was like a fighter who has been down once and is up again, hurt and in rage, looking to return the blow, looking for the opening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I do think it go better as a jukejoint Harpo look at the prize fighter. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been standing in the traditional pose of fighters, gloves raised, ready for battle but a pathetic parody of professional fighters. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He remains in fighter stance, facing the door, for a full minute. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They fly without radio or navigation aids into weather that the bombers and fighters call “unflyable.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was fighters he wanted, and men who would be loyal to him, not to his lord father or his uncles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux’s flashes were rapid-fire by then, with photos of frozen fighters spooling from the camera and falling to his feet like large, square confetti. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Derek had been a fighter pilot in World War II, where he flew Hurricanes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z If they were attacked, they could afford to lose more fighters. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, at the end of the fifth, following the bell—which neither fighter heard over the crowd noise—Schmeling landed a particularly devastating right to the left side of Louis’s head. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The bell rang, and both fighters rushed together, Willie's left arm pumping out like a machine, slamming into Becker's face, rocking him backwards against the red velvet ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the villages we came upon weren’t suitable, since we had burned them or another group of fighters had destroyed them at some point. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One pilot in the 586th got in trouble for keeping perfume in the cockpit of her fighter plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “They’re freedom fighters. They wouldn’t let the Government brainwash their kids in them public schools, so the Feds came after them.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He lifted his head, and slowly straightened up in the chair, like a fighter staggering to his feet. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Even freedom fighters, at least then, had to obey the laws, and at that point, imprisonment for violating my bans would have been useless to the ANC and to myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, like fighters, or karate people, or anything like that?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They got separated from the fighter planes of another regiment that were supposed to escort them and provide them with protection from enemy fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You have to go with Joe Louis being the best fighter of all time,” Willie said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was no telling Big Ma that Cecile was a freedom fighter, oppressed by the Man. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was stable in the air and easy to handle, and thought of as one of the best Soviet fighter aircraft available. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Knives are only for the bravest and quickest fighters,” Luke explained. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The black-and-white picture was of a man who looked almost exactly like Miles, one eyebrow quirked up, wearing a black flight jacket and standing next to a WWII-era fighter plane. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Joey was my fighter, and I needed to help him out of this jam. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they are the two best fighters, the disparity between them is noticeable. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was a traditional boast of a fighter before he went into battle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Stand by for a fighter pilot,” Bull boomed at the woman. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she was given kitchen duty—but the commander promised that when the fighter aircraft arrived, she could be the second person, after the top male student, to try one out! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The tail gunner’s cockpit at the back of the plane stuck out and made an easy target for enemy fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When the bell rang the fighters came out of their comers and took a stance in the middle like they were going to box. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z His sons were good fighters and better sailors, but they did not know how to talk to lords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z American fighter planes came in under the smoke to see if anything was moving. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hopped around like a fighter, fists up and ready for round two. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The camel driver was not a fighter, and he had consulted with seers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As a first prayer, he prayed for the fighter pilots in his squadron, for God to keep them safe in His high dominion. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tariq stands behind her, and I notice that the fighters have divided into two groups. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You men think you are freedom fighters,” he said contemptuously. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Resistance is going to help me, I can’t have the fighters thinking I’m weak. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The fighters sized each other up in front of the Hollow Log. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It had to do with one of the fighters— Bob Foster. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All nine flight crews survived the June 2 battle, and while they’d been in the air they shot down four of the enemy fighters themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His fighter tried to bat the birds away but he couldn’t see anything. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Bill, a tall, powerful fighter, made it to the Golden Gloves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot was acknowledged to be the greatest fighter in the army. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Repent! Repent! Repent!” the lechuzas screeched as they swooped down on us like a squadron of fighter planes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z To her it was the food of covered wagon people, of Indian fighters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had always known that arrest was a possibility, but even freedom fighters practice denial, and in my cell that night I realized I was not prepared for the reality of capture and confinement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an unskilled fighter, but a tenacious one. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment was still based at Saratov, using their fast and dangerous solo Yak fighters to defend and protect supplies and transport on the Volga River north of Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Chamberlain looked: square head, white hair, a battered face, scarred around the eyes like an old fighter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A swipe of his claw was like a heavyweight fighter swinging a chain saw. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The pit fighters were King Hizdahr’s only reliable support, against a sea of enemies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His stance was that of a punch-drunk fighter. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We needed all the new fighters we could find. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She wanted to be a fighter pilot, and she was worried that she wasn’t going to be able to live up to the responsibility. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “When there were friends in the sky, the attacking enemy fighters seemed less terrible,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “So the woman of the house is a fighter?” the tall soldier taunted. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The German fighters tried to break up the Soviet formation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Then they’d be escorted back to Engels by armed fighter planes ready to protect them if the enemy tried to shoot them down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Seditious thoughts accompany a freedom fighter wherever he goes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The three Domishmen spilled from the tent together to join the fighters sprinting for the horse lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I fish through my desk for a cigarette, stick it in my mouth, and remember as I’m reaching for my fighter that Theodore Finch, ’80s kid, doesn’t smoke. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They were relieved to see the red stars on the wings, but stared at Raya in amazement when she climbed out of it—a woman flying a fighter plane! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Once, when a fighter jet accidentally passed too close to a U-2, the spy plane broke up amid the turbulence, and its pilot was instantly killed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As Masha’s burning plane sank lower, one of the German fighters flew so close that Masha could see his grinning, freckled face. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Klavdiya climbed into one of the Po-2s that seemed to be okay, but as she was checking the cockpit for damage, the German fighter planes came back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I say none of this, instead knotting my fingers together as the fighters tell their stories. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Several of Ngwenya’s relatives were freedom fighters in the Patriotic Front, and I visited him one evening to find out more about revolutionary fighting. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Top fighter can make contacts with big people, get opportunities." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me he wasn’t taking on new fighters but that if I was ever in D.C. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The boy was a born fighter—ferocious, utterly fearless, quick and powerful—but he didn’t fight often and he hadn’t much to say afterward. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So let’s say Maddie was flying a pink Spitfire, but not up to the soaring blue heavens like the fighter pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Mens names were given to fighters and women’s to bombers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After what felt like forever, the houselights went down and an announcer’s voice boomed through the auditorium, introducing the two fighters, who entered the arena from the locker rooms on opposite sides. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z While there, we met with freedom fighters from Mozambique, Angola, Algeria, and Cape Verde. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whenever I heard about a good fighter, I went to see if it were you,” I said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Philbert was getting a reputation as one of the better amateur fighters in this part of the state; everyone really expected that he was going to become a professional. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta whipped free and dodged to her left, then right, like a fighter in the boxing ring, taunting and teasing Fern. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The Po-2s were hard to see in the dark as they bumbled along, and the German fighters couldn’t fly slowly enough to get an easy shot at them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The cargo the horses carried is a clear sign that these were not fighters but fleeing refugees. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Fresher, and far more ominous, a whole series of victory scars gleamed on his chest, showing all the men he’d broken when he’d been a ring fighter. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z With civilians doing this unglamorous but necessary transport work, Britain’s fighter and bomber pilots could concentrate on flying into battle against the Luftwaffe, the fearsome second-to-none German Air Force. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When Dr. Kimball lectured on World War II, the screen showed rows of fighter planes interspersed with the skeletal remains of bombed cities. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 My mom had to become a guerrilla fighter. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He talked on and on about the models his grandfather had given him, pointing out every little detail of his prized World War II fighter jet and the ugly army-green one, a bomber. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Unarmed and defenseless against enemy fighters or antiaircraft fire, the U-2 was purpose-built to house powerful cameras designed for the CIA by Edwin Land, the founder of the Polaroid Corporation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Those fighter planes only had room for a single pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He knew I might be an ugly baby, a baby with a tremendous number of problems, but he also knew his son was a fighter. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Praise for the girl who survived the Seam and the Hunger Games, then turned a country of slaves into an army of freedom fighters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Their shipmates would gladly have killed him, but the captain forbade it; a fighter was always worth good silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At first, Joaquin had worried about the potential ramifications of having a fighter in the family, but the dad had been really nice. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She and the children were living with the partisan guerrilla fighters in the Belorussian forest. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He added that it could become a source of inspiration for young freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On March 22, 1943, Lilya was involved in an air battle in which she and five other Yak fighters were outnumbered by the enemy two to one. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The rats were bigger than Mrs. Frisby, and could be, when necessary, dangerous fighters, but they were no match for Dragon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z "This Andrik may be a great fighter, but men do not fear him as they fear you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But each town in the colonies had a militia—a small group of volunteer fighters. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z And Ray, well, that dog’s a fighter too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The reason I don’t believe that fighter pilot stuff, Mom,” Ben said, pouring the coffee back into the pot, “is that I remember Major Finch.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Arch is the best fighter of the three of us,” Drinkwater had pointed out, “but only you can hope to wed the dragon queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind us I hear a huge roar of cheers as one of the fighters goes down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Like his father, Don was a fighter who didn’t think there was anything irrational about mixing it up with kids who were a whole lot bigger than he was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That would be the voice of the fighter pilot.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a Blue. You don’t need him. He won’t ever be a fighter, not like you want.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She tells of how a famous Russian pilot and a triple Hero of the Soviet Union, A. I. Pokryshkin, landed at the airfield to refuel his fighter plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Bull believed that when the flesh was torn away and the bones naked, the fighter would emerge in Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis claim that Comrade Hess met with an accident over the North Sea while piloting a fighter plane. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Indigenous fighters went to a British garrison in Canada to obtain weapons and supplies, and Tecumseh called for a unified and coordinated Indigenous-led war on the United States. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Not that Seven would ever be a fighter. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z "There is a fighter in you after all." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A fighter was strafing the length of the column. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Persuading the fighters to surrender their weapons was a difficult task, but at last it was done and we could begin to right things. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The gravest issues seem to have occurred among the partisans, the guerrilla resistance fighters on the German-occupied side of the front lines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As Larisa and Nadya recovered from the shock of their own bomb exploding beneath them, they found themselves swept by the headlight beam of the German fighter plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "You a fighter. Always so meek and quiet." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But one of the first problems she ran into was that everybody wanted to fly fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Unconsciously he tried to impress them as he walked to the ring, as if they were his adversary and not the other fighter. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry. He was beautiful and just such a good fighter. I had to let him go.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Over France, though, German fighters came up again, made everything and everybody as good as new. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The wife of a freedom fighter is often like a widow, even when her husband is not in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried, spitting out sand, “dirty fighter, dirty fighter!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was as if his eyes had a fighter pilot’s head-up guidance system projected in front of them. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z You’ve never seen a fighter survive until now, he corrected himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Change meant land was taken away, houses now belonged to the state, servants gained power as fighters. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We had not developed tactics to counter the attack of fighter planes.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He saw the two fighters close in on each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Only one of the three proposed regiments would be equipped with single-seat fighter aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There was a trainer in Washington, D.C., who was good, who was very good, legendary, and who specialized in flyweight fighters. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I will go nowhere, I will fly fighters,” Valentina said, and refused to get up from the chair where she was sitting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “That Greatest and Bravest of all fighter pilots—Bull Meecham,” Bull said; then he made a sweeping gesture of dismissal with his arm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave you in peace if you’ll only let your hair grow. I’m not aristocratic, but I do object to being seen with a person who looks like a young prize fighter,” observed Jo severely. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The tubby little fighter planes dove like hornets, bombing and strafing the beaches where we’d soon set foot. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This was exactly what I wanted, but I was a little disappointed because at that time there weren’t any new fighters to test. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All the regiments would need armorers to load bombs and machine guns, and the fighter and dive-bomber regiments would also need radio technicians and parachute packers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A terrified boy could become a brave American fighter. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z There, not far overhead, a squadron of Nazi fighter planes was roaring by in perfect formation. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The US fighter planes dipped below the cloud cover. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Ignoring the pain, Lilya flew straight into the middle of the German fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The German night fighter plane was picking off the line of Po-2s as they lumbered slowly into the waiting beams of the searchlights. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The black would mean he’d have to take on the position of one of the fighters. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They still weren’t seeing frontline action, but when a fighter pilot of the 586th was involved in an aerial battle, it could be fierce and grim. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was a fighter and became more vocal about it every day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z "Any time a fighter gets hit, anywhere, it's his fault." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was already a good fighter with the spears and knives he had found in the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I said that as freedom fighters we could not have known of such men as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson “and not been moved to act as they were moved to act.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered my father's story of how he had been beaten blind in a crooked fight, of the scandal that had been suppressed, and how the fighter had died in a home for the blind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Rita became a prizewinning math student, and Kuda, to no one’s surprise, was possessed by his great-great-grand- uncle, a famous fighter pilot, and was taught military strategy from the inside out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was over a week before the change of command ceremony would take place that would give Bull his first fighter squadron. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once clean shaven and conservatively groomed, he now had a beard and longish hair and affected the military-style clothing characteristic of freedom fighters around the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With just the power of his mind, he lifted the other fighter right off the ground. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z "Listen to me, Ranee," he says, and something in his voice grabs the attention of the fighters. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Lera, in parachute and aviation googles, is smiling broadly, and the caption beneath the photo says that “she is now a fighter pilot” who had shot down a Luftwaffe bomber. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Having flown fighter airplanes for years, I was accustomed to rolling and looping and even spinning, but I had never flown sideways or backward before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jared S. draws a bunch of fighter jets shooting arrows at monkeys on camels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z People found it hard to take commands from someone who seemed inexperienced at flying the Yak fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We asked her about being arrested and being a political prisoner and a freedom fighter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, American bombers and fighter planes thundered through the clear blue sky. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She exclaimed, “Vera, fighters are attacking us; do you see them?” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z So Roosevelt learned to box from a champion fighter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “The youngsters who come from the Hitler Youth are fanatical fighters,” he said proudly. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Generations of settlers, mostly farmers, gained experience as “Indian fighters,” although they were not necessarily in the regular military. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a grotesque creature, and he’d never seen a fighter survive its attack, but it was also a living thing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He once torched a whole squadron of fighter jets on an empty airfield in the middle of the night and has on two occasions grounded airships by crippling their engines. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Dusya had been shot in the head by the Luftwaffe fighter plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I led myself to believe that there were other ways of fighting the awesome apartheid machinery besides fleeing the country and joining the ANC as a freedom fighter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “He went to war,” the fighter pilot with the golden mustache surmised. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But another enemy fighter shot her down and killed her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Proud. Poor. Prickly where their honor is concerned but fierce fighters.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If this was going to be a famous batde we needed more fighters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In less than ten days, the Texan drove everybody in the ward back to duty—everybody but the C.I.D. man, who had caught cold from the fighter captain and come down with pneumonia. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “If the fighter pilot can’t feel things, then how can I feel things for the fighter pilot?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The VC operated as guerrilla fighters in clandestine, deadly efficient groups. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The portraits on either side of the fighters were crammed with figures screaming advice and encouragement, while Death Eaters, both masked and unmasked, dueled students and teachers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now shrugging off his rags the wiliest fighter of the islands I leapt and stood on the broad door sill, his own bow in his hand. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a helipad with a “Channel Five Fort Lauderdale” helicopter on it, and a short runway with a Learjet and a propeller plane that looked like a World War II fighter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Because this library had true champions, intellectual freedom fighters who would do whatever it took to protect it: Mr. Lemoncello, of course, and all the library lovers from the first-ever Library Olympiad, plus Andrew Peckleman. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Like the other fighters, he wears nearly as many weapons as a Mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The “body count” was the number of enemy fighters killed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It had happened when she and five other Soviet fighter pilots had flown into battle against a swarm of three dozen German bombers and fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Furthermore, they had been trained to be war fighters since they were children. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 Constance bravely stood her ground on the parapet, as did her small band of picked fighters. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Without Bronn she would never have reached the Vale, she knew; the sellsword was as fierce a fighter as she had ever seen, and his sword had helped cut them through to safety. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A few of the fighters paused to yell a greeting at me, but no one broke off to ask about Leper. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Parthians put the captured legionnaires to work, since they were pretty good fighters. Except then Parthia got invaded again from the other direction—” “By the Chinese,” Frank guessed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The headphones make me look like the generic alternative to an X-Wing fighter pilot, so I only wear them when I’m in my room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Good food. Not enough zip, but that’s the kosher bit for you. Love to kid them along. Keeps them on their toes like a good fighter.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The other fighters gather around, as interested as I am to see what my fate will be. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On such occasions Ajax stood, along with the crowd, and viewed the fighters with the same golden-eyed indifference with which he watched old men playing checkers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Free hunting was a tactic the Soviet Air Force exploited in 1943 and assigned to experienced fighter pilots of exceptional talent. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A nearby US aircraft carrier launched fighter aircraft to patrol the skies. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Yet a number of African fighters were able to triumph over these difficulties and achieve great success. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They waved their hands and more fighters came out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We saw the battle before we were dose enough to make out individual fighters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was from a men’s regiment of fighter planes who’d been assigned to protect the Pe-2 bombers on their next mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The pit fighter came on again, screaming this time, as if sound could slay his foe where steel could not. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s not that villagers supported the communist fighters; rather, they were outgunned and afraid. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was a move only the quickest and most skilled knife fighter could’ve managed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This was one of the state’s most barbarous techniques of applying pressure: imprisoning the wives and children of freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only choice. He’s a good fighter. He’s a certified protector. He’ll get the job done.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The birds swarmed around it, pecking and clawing at the fighter’s hands as he tried to hold up the net, but Clarisse just gritted her teeth and kept driving. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He was a battle-hardened bureaucratic fighter whose career in federal service had been launched with his appointment to the New Deal’s Tennessee Valley Authority. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I told them that I had heard of criminals masquerading as freedom fighters, harassing innocent people and setting alight vehicles; these rogues had no place in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The air armies were set up in divisions, each with its own job—for example, bomber, fighter, or ground attack. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “It is what we have to stop. But he was a credit to the old school as a fighter, all the same.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t more than twenty feet from the gate — even if the fighters did see me, I could get it and get back, unless they were quick with their guns. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z For six months, the 586th Regiment had been defending strategic positions in their dangerous solo Yak fighters and the 588th Regiment had been harassing German troops with bombs dropped from their flimsy Po-2s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She thought that if she were perfect in every way—if she were the best spire fighter, best student, perfect daughter, perfect everything—she'd be worthy enough for the light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Queen Hylla,” she said, “I—I’m not much of a fighter.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From the beginning, settlers organized units of irregular fighters to terrorize and destroy Indigenous communities by killing unarmed women, children, and elders. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The place of a freedom fighter is beside his people, not behind bars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after taking off, Powers noticed a Soviet fighter jet flying far beneath him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Though the December skies were cloudy, everyone felt a little safer when they flew over the airfield to pick up their escort and found thirty-six Soviet fighter aircraft joining them in the sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Plus, I wanted to spend some time with my fighter before his big match. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aye, I might have. And you crows might decide to close that gate. A few fighters on t’other side, well, that way the gate stays open, don’t it?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As the soldiers fled, the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho fighters rode in among them. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It zinged through the air on its mission like a missile from a fighter jet. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When President James Madison went before Congress seeking a formal declaration of war, he specifically referred to British support for Indigenous fighters on the frontier. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z That included their fighter planes and heavy bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z On December 3, 1942, three pilots from the 586th took off in their solo Yak fighters into a snowstorm on a mission to escort a VIP away from the Stalingrad Front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I joined the boxers and for the first few weeks of the separation we trained at an uncomfortable place for a freedom fighter, the police gymnasium. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are a wonderful fighter and I was lucky.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The ring announcer introduced the fighters and we cheered like crazy. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z But in the same way that a freedom fighter subordinates his own family to the family of the people, he must subordinate his own individual feelings to the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When two more Luftwaffe aircraft began to chase them, Aleksandr escaped into clouds while the two enemy fighter planes collided in flames. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He looked out, saw his family, and bellowed out to them with a large, exuberant smile, “Stand by for a fighter pilot.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely, the eighty pole fighters, though unseen, would follow me and lead me and protect me, as is the wont of ancestors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A new criteria to his job—“watch my six,” as fighter pilots would put it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Control tower. Run me a check on the weather. Roger. Stand by for a fighter pilot. Over and out.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not a member of the Owslafa for nothing and was reckoned a good fighter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The women of the 122nd Air Group who were going to be fighter pilots and dive-bomber pilots had to learn to fly new planes before they went to war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Give me a kiss good-bye, fighter pilot,” Mamaw said, an almost forgotten shadow standing by the side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night she told us that a Khmer Rouge soldier could kill twenty Youn soldiers because our soldiers are better and braver fighters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fighter planes started firing their guns, and more and more aircraft joined the fray, until there were nine Soviet fighter pilots battling forty Luftwaffe aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Despite his advanced age and acute arthritis, Sita was a fighter and agreed to lead our defiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in fact, the Haitians were disciplined, smart fighters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Smashing mills, destroying warehouses, setting fields on fire, the freedom fighters demolished some one thousand plantations—and that was just in the first two months of their revolution. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “It's not hard to tell. I’ve seen a hundred slaves come and go. Resistance fighters are always different. Never broken. At least not when they first arrive. They have...hope.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As a Marine, and especially as a Marine fighter pilot, you’ve got to constantly keep ’em on their toes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Scott was an Anglican clergyman and a great fighter for African rights. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a shot, in fighting stance, of a former prizefight champion, a popular fighter who had lost his sight in the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch as she listens to other gamblers discuss the fighters. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As Harry plunged after them, one of the fighters detached themselves from the fray and flew at him: It was the werewolf, Fenrir. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There was a natural reluctance among many African states to support violent struggles elsewhere; but the speech convinced people that freedom fighters in South Africa had no alternative but to take up arms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d been hit by gunfire from a German fighter and, with an engine on fire, managed to escape the enemy plane by hiding in a storm cloud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Dunbar stopped having dizzy spells, and the fighter captain blew his nose. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We had been talking for a while when I finally declared, “I want to become a freedom fighter.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Today flying is a lot safer, especially on airliners, but fighters have always been more difficult, especially in the early jet days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she could figure out what was going on, she found herself under attack by no less than six Luftwaffe fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He turns to another fighter, a girl a few years older than me who flushes when he speaks to her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They wanted to use their dangerous solo Yak fighters for something more obviously heroic than defense. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Is he a fighter? Frank, you’re looking at General Tyson of the Cyclops army. And by the way, Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The story goes that the German fighter pilot she’d shot down was captured on the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It is important for a freedom fighter to remain in touch with his own roots, and the hurly-burly of city life has a way of erasing the past. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Carlos would say Bri was brave because she was the sister of a Marine, but Alex was learning there were a lot of different ways of being a fighter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But using her hands as planes, Lilya was able to describe the maneuvering of their aerial dogfight blow by blow, and the German pilot had to admit that this novice fighter had defeated him. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She combines the brains of a businessman, the toughness of a prize fighter, the warmth of a companion, the humor of a tragedian. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Johnny, smaller and leaner, became a proficient and scrappy fighter but never achieved his brother’s success. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Soviet fighter pilots cleared the sky of German night fighters around them for several nights. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The fighters and handlers in the room laughed nervously. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake had been a fighter pilot in Korea and had been all over the Orient. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I worked with the freedom fighters in Ethiopia and before that I flew in relief to the Warsaw ghetto,” he said with a slight smile, as if that answered the question. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t believe what strangers say of themselves either! I am not a fighter. But it would be politer in any case for the challenger to say who he is.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z So the two young women in their Yak fighters, rapidly firing their guns, dived straight into the middle of the first group of German bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The enemy are not trained fighters like we are, not natural killers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Work in the cavern halts, and fighters whisper to each other as they gather around us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Many of the older fighters stare at me, perhaps searching my face for evidence of Mother and Father. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Highlanders were reputed to be tough, fearless fighters—in other words, brutal killers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “The food’s for fighters. Help us hold the Wall, and you’ll eat as well as any crow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “When you talk about the greatest fighter of all time you have to talk about heavyweights.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam could tell he’d taken that one hard because he was a fighter—someone using that strength and force against a kid was such a violation of how things should be, what hands should do. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Hess had commandeered a fighter plane and landed in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was captured. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Viet Minh fighters were supposed to have left the South, but thousands stayed behind and helped to form a new guerrilla force calling itself the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z First of all, I said, no self-respecting freedom fighter would take orders from die government he is fighting against or jettison a longtime ally in the interest of pleasing an antagonist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On our third cup of tea, Mama began to tell me about her husband and his role as a freedom fighter during apartheid. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Before them marched the clansmen from the hills; chiefs and champions astride shaggy garrons, their hirsute fighters trotting beside them, clad in fins and boiled leather and old mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Cheap fighters, hers. Meat for heroes. Your friend dead soon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With snow came the kites, once the rulers of Kabul’s winter skies, now timid trespassers in territory claimed by streaking rockets and fighter jets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A fighter he knew, Jimmy Walls, was warming up in the corner. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The stranger was a big rabbit, heavy but alert, with a rugged, seasoned appearance and the look of a fighter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even a freedom fighter benefits from the ability to buy groceries and books. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most were two or three years his senior, yet not one was half the fighter Robb had been at fourteen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In daylight, the Po-2 was an easy target for enemy fighter planes because it was so slow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He told them, for example, that the U-2 plane had not been shot down by a single missile, as Khrushchev had announced publicly, but by fourteen rockets, and by MiG fighter jets as well. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Almost immediately after her return she shot down two more Luftwaffe fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Manny Givens managed about six fighters, all of them fighting in minor fights, only a few of them still hoping for the big time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I just wanted to be a jet fighter pilot. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the cannon fire swept on, hurtling down the column, chased by the fighter’s roar and the flicker of its shadow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If a soldier is a strong and skillful fighter, it is because Pol Pot taught him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Most of the better fighters sleep in the old tower,” Kaz replied. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She knew that the German fighter plane could climb faster and more steeply than she could. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Were . . . well, it’s hard to explain, but we re monster fighters. Where’s your family?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Traditionally the tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 join forces, possibly taking in a few other exceptional fighters, and hunt down the weaker competitors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she was posted to RAF Maidsend, an operational base for a squadron of new Spitfire fighter planes, not far from Canterbury, near the Kentish coast. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But when they turned for home, Irina saw a flash in the sky ahead of them and realized that it was a German night fighter aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z International public opinion, he said, is sometimes worth more than a fleet of jet fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marxism’s call to revolutionary action was music to the ears of a freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The children of a freedom fighter also learn not to ask their father too many questions, and I could see in their eyes that they understood that something serious was occurring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They say the Trojans are fighters too; good lances and good bowmen, horsemen, charioteers—and those can be decisive when a battle hangs in doubt. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Villalobos was a real nice witch, but she was not a fighter. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They saw the blue light of tracer bullets as the German night fighter fired at the trapped plane—missed—and fired again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He knew that her sending him out with Toomer had a lot to do with his father and things he was and was not learning as the son of a fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what I’ll do if he does begin moaning,” the dashing young fighter pilot with the golden mustache had grieved forlornly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They circled each other like fighters in a prize ring. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z So many blows landed upon me that I wondered if I were not the only blindfolded fighter in the ring, or if the man called Jackson hadn't succeeded in getting me after all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the descendants of those same freedom fighters were persecuting my people who were struggling for precisely the same thing the Afrikaners had once fought and died for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They took turns swinging at the guy in the middle, who was clearly not a good fighter. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You do not have to be the largest or most dangerous fighter, Ekon,” he said quietly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Bull Meecham died as a pilot, as a Marine, as a Marine fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Jason . . . you’re a fighter. You’d never give up. When you faced your mother’s spirit - that was you being strong. Not me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Wish I could. They all think I should be a sword fighter because I’m big and bulky.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the office, when they planned the fights and decided what the money would be, the Puerto Rican would be considered the “fighter” and Billy would be the “opponent.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Marina Raskova’s other aviators were battling just as hard against the German invaders as the fighters in their Yaks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Valentina insisted on becoming a fighter pilot, and made her application to a male commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The program hadn’t started when he reached the gym and made his way to the fighters’ entrance. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He invited Britain to join his forces if they chose, but it was to be an Indigenous-led resistance and his fighters would not take orders from British commanders. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was no weakling and a good ratter, but it had the bad luck to be up against a dedicated fighter who was spoiling for action. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A descendant of eighty pole fighters, I ought to be able to set out confidently, march straight down our street, get going right now. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was a time when happiness was allowed to spill over, to inundate all rooms, to rule all faces, and to reign unmolested in the turbulent kingdom of the fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They sent a force of five hundred fighters, both soldiers and irregular troops. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Dadoo, one of the leaders of the 1946 resistance, was a well-known Marxist whose role as a fighter for human rights had made him a hero to all groups. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt her weakening, she was lindying like a fighter out on her feet, and we stumbled off to the sidelines. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I caught cold in the hospital from a fighter pilot and came down with a very serious case of pneumonia. “I’m very sorry,” Major Major said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Rumor has it that the Resistance fighters have been getting bolder, recruiting not just Scholars, but Mariners, from the free country of Marinn, to the north, and Tribesmen, whose desert-territory is an Empire protectorate. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And it was absolutely impossible for everyone to be a fighter pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They were exiles and sons of exiles, dispossessed and unforgiven... yet formidable fighters still. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some teenage Taliban fighters went past, playing victory songs on their mobile phones and singing along in loud, excited voices. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Those of us not ordered to the border will be given city commands, where we’ll hunt down Resistance fighters or Mariner spies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The fraternity of Marine fighter pilots was small, intimate, and exceedingly close. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the speaker, we could hear the fighters’ footsteps on the pads. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Selmy’s answering slash found the pit fighter’s left shoulder, parting the fine linen to bite the flesh beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To prevent word of the secret mis- sion from leaking out, he explained, they’d been told they were coming to Norway to train other resistance fighters. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As a freedom fighter and as a man, one must fight against the prison’s attempt to rob one of these qualities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The strongest fighters are those who keep two rules. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That had been six years ago, the same year the Japanese had killed Sunjin’s father for being a resistance fighter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Their fighter was armed with a bow, though he had promised not to shoot regular pointed arrows at the opposing drivers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “What fighters? You are dreaming! Do wake up!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was Antigone who symbolized our struggle; she was, in her own way, a freedom fighter, for she defied the law on the grounds that it was unjust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lilya flew to her rescue and damaged the enemy fighter so badly that the pilot had to abandon his plane in the air and take to his parachute. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Horse had the makings of a good fighter, he decided. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Like a seasoned fighter, the young mouse chose to nominate the time and place of combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She admired the fact that she was a Enrique’s Journey hard worker and a fighter, a girl who thrived when her own twin died a month after birth. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The colonel described a recent incident in which a group of Viet Cong fighters had disemboweled a village chief in front of the entire village. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I’m a fighter, not a lover,” he says, misquoting Michael Jackson. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He turned down his thumb lazily from his seat, and the net-wielding fighter kneeled beside the one on the ground and cut his throat with a short dagger. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After their show, he and Penny had returned to the torchlit vault where the fighters gathered before and after their matches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “No, you are not a fighter. You are Ezili’s child—the lover. The beauty. Leave him alone. I will fight for you, Donna. I will fight this battle for you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Marina Raskova made sure her fighter planes were equipped with radios, which let her pilots to talk to each other in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Carrying water pistols charged with a powerful anssthetic, four others had pushed their way into the crowd and were methodically laying out, squirt by squirt, the more ferocious of the fighters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Skies all over the world bore witness to four decades of successful Langley research, from passenger jets to bombers, transport planes to fighter aircraft. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Hirohito’s father was what Sister Mukumbu called a “freedom fighter” and a “political prisoner.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For the fighter pilots of the 586th, this meant that every single one of their aircraft was constantly in use. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z According to accounts, enemy fighters now controlled the middle section of New Jersey. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Most of the young women thought they were under attack from enemy fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Your sparrows, eh? Savage little creatures. No discipline of course. Darn good fighters, though. But tell me, what do jolly old sparrows know about Asmodeus?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The idea of becoming a freedom fighter appealed to me, now that doubts about the efficacy of nonviolence had been proven true. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Our communal cell became a kind of convention for far-flung freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His ribs showed over the ripple of his fighter’s muscles. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Olly’s in fighter stance, fists clenched, feet planted wide and firm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had star status in the Black Belt, where Democrats were remembered as the party of the slave-owning southern planters, and Republicans as the freedom fighters. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘Hazel Levesque, your brother is still alive. He is a brave fighter, like you. I wish I could say the same for my brother.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Nico enjoyed how nervous the Romans acted around him, even though they were older and bigger and more experienced fighters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Above was a squadron of fighter jets on their way to an air show miles away in Atlanta. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z These warriors were the main body of fighters; they would wait in ambush. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z To be considered an ace, a fighter pilot has to shoot down five aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The 586th’s main mission in their dangerous Yak fighters was defense. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I think this is like that. Those boys just think I’m a fighter, so they...well, fight me.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Laertes armed as well, and so did Dolios— greybeards, they could be fighters in a pinch. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had begun his career as a night fighter and still practiced the skills of that subphylum of aviator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Adults can’t read it, as I understand. As I am to human fighters, so you are to adults with the symbol reader.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If a lifetime as the son of the fighter pilot had taught him one thing, it was that he knew instinctively the meaning of this ill-timed visitation: This was a promenade of ruin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A final-day match between two 7—7 wrestlers isn’t likely to be fixed, since both fighters badly need the victory. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “When the chips were down, I’d want a guy with that kind of character in my corner, I promise you, ’cause he’s a fighter.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A Navy fighter shot him down into the sea before he was even close. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You left because you are against our cause as freedom fighters. Right?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We were excellent fighters and were ready to fight the war till the end. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mercenary fighters were nonmembers hired on short-term contracts to help the gang fight turf wars. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Everyone knew what a skilled spire fighter was capable of, and the ones who had heard of Nok Sivapan knew just how skilled she was. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z For over a year, the male French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, flying dangerous Soviet Yaks, frequently served as fighter escorts for the women of the 125th Guards in their powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Entering the room like resistance fighters, they vaulted the bed, pulled covers and blankets from their parents’ dreaming bodies. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Their fighters had gotten to the yard first, armed with shanks, and taken positions along the fence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice of the conductor resided with great constancy just below the customary pose of the fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lilya Litvyak’s greatest fear as a fighter pilot was that her Yak would be shot down over enemy territory and that she’d die there, or that her body wouldn’t be found. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He wears white condor flight gloves with elaborate gold fining, which means he’s already completed fighter pilot training. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the Ares chariot, Clarisse barked an order to her fighter, who quickly threw a screen of camouflage netting over their basket. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is this the boy you promised me? Which one is the fighter?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He waited, watching the thin man unstrap the fighters' headguards and shake a black pencil of a finger in their faces. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She, too, shot down a German fighter plane on the day of Katya’s death, and she was back in the air the next day as well. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “A fighter pilot, ma’am. Best one in the Corps. What was your name again, ma’am? I didn’t catch it the first time.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets filled with kite fighters, jerking and tugging on their lines, squinting up to the sky, trying to gain position to cut the opponent’s line. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I had come of age as a freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the fighters is stirring up the onlookers by waving her arms and yelling. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As freedom fighters and political prisoners, we had an obligation to improve and strengthen ourselves, and study was one of the few opportunities to do so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord Faa,” said the bear, “yes. Good fighters. Go well.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But Larisa kept mistaking the antiaircraft searchlights on the ground for the headlights of enemy fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Well, I guess if you're Muhammad Ali, one of the biggest stars and the best fighter ever, jail ain't so bad. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I saw one young fighter salute his opponent—and five peasants hit him from behind with scythes and hammers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened a door and switched on a light and Bigger saw a large room whose walls were covered with pictures of girls’ faces and prize fighters. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not like you or Percy. If I was a better fighter ...” Her mouth trembled. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There were movements from the watching crowd in front of the castle, and as one, the Death Eaters raised their wands, holding the fighters of Hogwarts at bay. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The best sheriff was not the best fighter but the best diplomat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She’d faced that type of fighter in gladiator training many times. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But a group of Yak fighters was taxiing along the runway. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Crazy Horse heard later that Lakota and Cheyenne fighters were hit by arrows as well. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It’s the equivalent of a tactical retreat, or of the judo fighter using an opponent’s momentum against him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The train, battered like a bruised fighter, hissed in the sidings. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They were a constant irritant to the Soviets, who could only watch and fret as the U-2s soared beyond the reach of their jet fighters and missiles. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In a loud voice that swept through the sleeping neighborhood, he called to his family, “Stand by for a fighter pilot.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When I won over a goodly number of fighters, I built up my army enough to attack fiefdoms and to pursue the enemies I had seen in the water gourd. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was that tone in his voice, that marvelous warmth, that made them all look not at Heth but at Lee, the graybeard, the dark-eyed, the old man, the fighter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just... don’t want our friend here getting hurt. Is Tyson a fighter?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The other fighter was already there, a young Puerto Rican, close to his age. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning we entered the village and killed the remaining fighters, who didn’t want to leave. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was only too likely that they would encounter dangers beyond the warren and that they would stand in need of some good fighters. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But now she was aware of the powerful fighter plane in the sky above her, fully armed and more than four times faster than her flimsy Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The chieftains applauded joyfully, but Odysseus spoke for all when he said they must first take their fill of food and wine, for fasting men made poor fighters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the planes were refueled, Aleksandr and three other fighters took off to support the two young women who were already in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was a real fighter, but on paper I was better. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She’d won the 1938 Bendix Air Race flying a fighter plane from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and later in life she would become the first woman to break the sound barrier. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The man who wore than looked a fighter too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I would be fooling myself to think that I was meant to be a fearless fighter,” she said in her autobiography. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z During World War II, there was an American fighter pilot who was killed flying a Spitfire at the age of nineteen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s a tip. That one’s smaller, but he's a fighter. I’m putting my money there.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And every green flash that disappeared was a life finished, one man for a fighter, a whole crew for a bomber. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He knew that the Lakota warrior was a better war fighter than the Long Knife soldier. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “So what I’m proposing en’t easy. And I need your agreement I’m proposing that we send a band of fighters up north to rescue them kids and bring ’em back alive. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers wore armor made from sculpted, quilted cloth that was almost as effective at shielding the body as European armor and much fighter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The fighters on the platform would have no will of their own. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z More flashes popped, more fighters on both sides were frozen and out of the fight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A freedom fighter must take every opportunity to make his case to the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not much of a fighter and I never will be. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a way of determining if enemy fighters were hiding inside—a lot safer than walking into a potential ambush. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s attacked the Republic’s military assets on his own, slowed down shipments to the warfront, and destroyed our warfront-bound airships and fighter jets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When the squadron of fighter planes saw the chaos they’d caused by scattering the Po-2 regiment, they didn’t have any choice but to fly on to the airfield alone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Because that’s your mission. Your mission is to love the fighter pilot, cook good meals, police up the house, and raise superior children.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they also had to deliver urgent messages, or provide a fighter escort for important officials who needed protection in case they encountered armed German aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Katya died like a true Soviet fighter pilot, first filling an enemy fighter with bullets before using expert flight techniques to put out the flames that were engulfing her own plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the schoolyard his very prettiness caused some difficulty until it was discovered by his testers that Aron was a dogged, steady, and completely fearless fighter, particularly when he was crying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s a fighter, a practical voice chides me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There were snipers and small groups of rebels everywhere, disorganized bands of covert fighters and half the time you couldn’t tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys and neither could they. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Aleksandr also suggested he was personally disliked by an important air force officer who ranked above him and who disapproved of the women fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Haupt was powerfully built and an accomplished fighter in both wrestling and boxing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was surreal being back at camp, because everything looked so peaceful: no burning buildings, no wounded fighters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Soviet fighter pilots were alone in their single-seat planes, but they typically flew in pairs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t long before the splendid Yak-1 fighter planes were delivered to Engels. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I am Ayesha Farooq, and I’m Pakistan’s first female fighter pilot. I scored the highest possible marks on my air force exam, and I say instead of looking up to role models, be one yourself.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z As she was flying back in her damaged plane, which was trailing smoke, Luftwaffe fighters attacked her and Lilya received yet another wound. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I have always believed that to be a freedom fighter one must suppress many of the personal feelings that make one feel like a separate individual rather than part of a mass movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stand by for a fighter pilot,” his father said as he weaved through a crowd that had congregated near the main entrance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all sitting around on the rail outside of Big Joe’s place, trying to figure out which was the best fighter of all time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Katya were both granted the special status of okhotnik, or “free hunter”—a fighter pilot who could use her initiative to go searching for enemy aircraft or ground forces to attack. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z During the Rivonia Trial, I remarked to a security policeman that if the government did not reform itself, the freedom fighters who would take our place would someday make the authorities yearn for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like that, I was the sponsor of a boxer, I had security for the business, and my fighter had a cool nickname. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Wolf killer turned hawk fighter, he worked night and day to keep one from the door and the other from under the windowsills. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Above all, he was a fighter, but he would fight everyone, even his friends. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Soviet Air Force didn’t have enough fighter planes to fight back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and some fighters it’s probably best not to mess with.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Tolkachev had high-level access to the latest designs of all Soviet fighter aircraft and radar systems. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But it grew dark while they were in the air—and none of the three pilots in Tamara’s squadron had done any night flying in fighter aircraft at all, not even in training. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The next thing she did was to go straight to her flying club to volunteer as a fighter pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was halfway through the assignment when Japanese fighter pilots bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They didn’t let lassies fly fighter planes, not even broken ones, till a bit later in the war. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I had not been directly involved in any major campaign, and I did not yet understand the hazards and unending difficulties of the life of a freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In his old fighter’s heart fluttered a sense of elation he had not felt for years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was told that in addition to enemy fighters, about two thousand people lived and fished in the area they’d flown over. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Once inside, my eyes dart to the wall of dead fighters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But the pilots of the fighter squadron decided they’d have a bit of fun with the rookies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "You were my first fighter. You got me my start." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z "Just to clean up around the gym. You were the first fighter I helped train. The first time I got to work a corner was for you. I'll never forget you, Alfred." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “There were several girls who had asked to go to the front, and they were turned down. So they stole a fighter plane and flew off to fight. They just couldn’t wait....” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The Pe-2’s machine guns often jammed, and their bullets weren’t always strong enough to penetrate the armor of Luftwaffe fighter aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z "Did I actually get a pair of fighters this year?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Now, after the enormous sacrifices American fighters had made, Truman felt he could not back down from that demand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Upon his death, the Empire will fall unless a new Warrior Emperor is chosen. “Taius the First, Father of our Empire and Pater of Gens Taia, was the finest fighter of his time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I don’t petition to join the fighters, not that they would let me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As I later said at my daughter Zindzi’s wedding, it seems to be the destiny of freedom fighters to have unstable personal lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fighter who had beaten him said he’d put up a good fight, said it loud enough for the loser to hear, as they always did. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The other children have stopped picking on me because I am a fighter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I run back to the apartment like I’m skating on ice, like I’ve got the wings of a fighter plane, bursting through the door so quickly that Helena gives a little scream. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “He is in Britain. Our contact in Sweden tells us that he has been taken across the North Sea in a fighter plane. And what do you think he is doing there?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "You think so. They won't, though. Because it wouldn't make any difference to me. I'm not a fighter." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The dog-and-rat pits paid fancy prices for the best fighters, and that meant sewer rats. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon the young fighter pilots at Engels were practicing shooting at targets and working on aerobatic loops and rolls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Kite fighters were huddling with their spool holders, making last- minute preparations. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that won’t do you no good if Curley wants to plug himself up for a fighter. Just don’t have nothing to do with him. Will you remember?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Of how fighters raided the caravans of the Martial merchant class, the Mercators, and assassinated members of their upper class, the Illustrians. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His words are perfunctory, as if he’s speaking to one of his fighters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In a portrait of “Three Russian Women” for his book The Curtain Rises, published in 1944, he describes her incredible career as a fighter pilot at Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was already an expert pole fighter, daughter of a teacher trained at the Shao-lin temple, where there lived an order of fighting monks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesse, hooked on arguments and ideas— he often describes himself as a fighter—could usually be drawn out of his shell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently freedom fighters thought so as well, for Rabat was the crossroads of virtually every liberation movement on the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are the faces of every Resistance fighter I’ve hunted down, every Scholar I’ve jailed and executed, most before my tenure as Commandant. Some after.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When the Soviet Union entered World War II in 1941, Marina Raskova took command of a thousand female aviators and trained them to fly in three separate bomber and fighter regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mariya Smirnova, the squadron commander, noticed the silence and reasoned—correctly—that the only reason the antiaircraft guns would stop firing was because there must be German night fighter aircraft patrolling the sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But Raisa’s triumph didn’t last long, because at that moment actual Luftwaffe enemy fighter planes appeared in the air above the competition. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In her second life, she was a freedom fighter from Bangladesh. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I am a fearless fighter for girls’ education who overcame a horrific attempt to silence me.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He’d been a fighter since he was little; he was fast and strong, and who could hurt him? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Those who fled and became freedom fighters the government called terrorists; in the churches they were praised as heroes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not overwhelmingly bright, but he was a fighter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a fighter, and had been since his youngest days, when we wrestled in the basement and he actually bit through my shoe until I screamed in pain and let him go. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hosteen was a bull, slow to anger but implacable once roused, and by repute the fiercest fighter of Lord Walder’s get. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it quickly became apparent that Hassan and I were better kite fighters than kite makers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Dratted antiaircraft guns in Angers. The tail’s been hit. I think it was flak, not a night fighter, or we’d be dead. We don’t stand a chance against a Messerschmitt 110.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The Yak was a sleek and speedy Soviet plane, easy to fly and easy to fix, and it could stand up to the deadly Luftwaffe fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Bull thought Colonel Causey’s melted, rebuilt face was a perfect one for a Marine fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the carved hardwood doors to the king’s chambers stood Steelskin, a younger pit fighter, not yet regarded as of the first rank. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I was just wondering which would be the winner in a contest such as this—an Indian fighter’s intuition or that wily old boy, coincidence,” Roger wrote later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There we studied, talked, and even danced until the early hours in the morning, and it became a kind of headquarters for young freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders have fallen back behind the line of fighters on the ground, and the shamblers are quickening their pace as they move toward us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I sidle a glance at the red-haired fighter, to find his attention fixed on me with an intensity that sends an unexpected flutter through my chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The fighters rolled onto the floor, right to the fire door, where I had no doubt Rachel and Ema would make their escape. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In that instant, I saw that life might hold more for me than being a champion stick- fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who is the greatest fighter pilot that ever lived?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the ring, their heads encased by black leather guards, two fighters danced around each other, ducking, bobbing, bouncing on and off the quivering ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, when they’d flown back through the storm of antiaircraft fire and enemy fighter planes and were safely over Soviet territory again, Valentin let Klava take over to lead the flight home. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He rented a room across the hall, contacted a fellow resistance fighter who worked for the telephone company, and arranged to listen in on Quisling’s phone line. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The two fighters paused, getting ready for a new attack. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know which animal in the ocean is a real fighter? And your mom’s favorite, Delsie?” he says, pointing at the ring on my finger. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Of course, during the war I read a lot about flying, especially about our fighter planes, which were shooting down the enemy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That is one of the things wrong with fighter pilots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Many had actually seen fighter jets in action, and all had felt the results of war firsthand. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She had a job, too, keeping her eyes peeled for night fighters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z By the time he was finished yelling, both fighters had boarded their buses and gone home. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “There was everything left. You are still the finest fighter in the world.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that doesn’t mean he’s dying, mija. So his cancer’s back. He’s beat it before. Mark’s always been a fighter. You know that.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z |
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