Sentence examples for they were combatting from inspiring English sources

After the armed forces seized power, however, they established a state terrorism far worse than the one they were combatting, the National Commission on the Disappeared declared in 1984, in "Never Again," its official report to the new democratic government.

After the armed forces seized power, however, they established a state terrorism far worse than the one they were combatting, the National Commission on the Disappeared declared in 1984, in "Never Again," its official report to the new democratic government..

They are combatting, every day, the various messages that ISIL is putting out.

They're combat boots, scrunched, with an old feel.

"They're exhausted, they're tired, they're grief-stricken, they're combat-fatigued.

They were combat M.P.s, trained to support the operations of front-line forces — to conduct route reconnaissance, escort convoys, run patrols, go on raids.

I ran into them Wednesday afternoon, looking like they were combat-ready for Afghanistan, and they appeared to be turning all cars back not far down the highway from Bismarck.

Others slept under glaring lights on three-level bunk beds -- with their boots on, so that they were combat-ready -- or munched on apples or played the guitar and sang.

With American troops outside the capital, Iraq's Republican Guard divisions have more or less collapsed -- "almost to the point they're combat-ineffective," Lt. Jay G. McGee, a division intelligence analyst, said today.

Of course there is always the gray area -- agencies claiming they hire veterans without disclosing whether or not they are combat vets.

All they're trying to do is combat the pain and stuff.