Sentence examples for violent firefight from inspiring English sources

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A violent firefight ensues, leading to the death of several terrorists, a family of innocent Iraqis and three American infantrymen.

A violent firefight at close range ensued; the leading German battleships, including Posen, opened fire on several British warships.

An hour later, the leading units of the German line encountered British light forces and a violent firefight at close range ensued.

The Al-Sweady inquiry was centered on allegations that British soldiers abused and killed prisoners following a violent firefight in 2004, known as the Battle of Danny Boy, named for a nearby UK base.

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A fierce firefight ensued.

I went through two fierce firefights on highways today.

They were the last photographs taken by Linda Norgrove, the kidnapped British aid worker, before she was accidentally killed last year during a violent night-time firefight involving US special forces and Islamist militants high in the eastern mountains of Afghanistan.

An experienced British army interrogator, who questioned high-value Iraqi POWs, says when a detainee is seized, often as a result of a violent struggle or firefight, there is the inevitable shock of capture and the fear of what is going to happen to them.

In particular, the movie's final chapter, "The Canaries," evoked the most vivid remembrance of a firefight I experienced in the Pech River Valley, a rugged and violent slice of eastern Afghanistan.

Guerrillas and American troops battled for hours here on Friday in an intense firefight after a demonstration in support of Saddam Hussein turned violent.

Big firefight over there.

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