Sentence examples for declared a combat from inspiring English sources

Sometimes, Lucas said, he or his men would hear rumors or reports of serious incidents in the field, but, he added, "if it was declared a combat action, I did not move into it at all with my investigators".

In March, the industry declared a "recess" to combat what it sees as a threat to its future: too many movies.

The night that President Obama declared an end to combat operations in Iraq, he likened his current strategy in Afghanistan to President Bush's Iraq "surge".

The death was the 50th since President Bush declared an end to combat operations on May 1, and the 15th in the past eight days.

The death of the American soldier today was the 50th since President Bush declared an end to combat operations in Iraq on May 1, and the 15th in the last eight days.

The deaths of the two American military members on Sunday came four months after President Obama declared an end to combat operations in Iraq, and days after the end of the least deadly year for American troops since the 2003 invasion.

The government declared a state of emergency to combat a growing influx of illegal immigrants.

In 2010, Chavez declared a national "electricity emergency" to combat Venezuela's increasingly common power shortages, and critics argue that the power cuts are the result of his government's lack of investment in infrastructure.

More American troops have now died since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1 than were killed fighting the war in Iraq.

Isolated groups of regime loyalists continued to fight on subsequent days, but the U.S. president declared an end to major combat on May 1. Iraqi leaders fled into hiding and were the object of an intense search by U.S. forces.

More American soldiers have been killed in attacks in Iraq since May 1, when President Bush declared an end to major combat, than during the six weeks of fighting that followed the invasion.