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  2. Battle of Culloden - Wikipedia

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    A stone, known as "The English Stone", is situated west of the Old Leanach cottage and is said to mark the burial place of the government dead. [69] West of this site lies another stone, erected by Forbes to mark the place that the body of Alexander McGillivray of Dunmaglass was found after the battle.

  3. List of proxy wars - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of proxy wars.Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".

  4. War metaphors in cancer - Wikipedia

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    The study stated that doctors should avoid battle/fight metaphors unless patients themselves chose to use them, and obituaries should avoid them, especially the idea of "losing" such a battle/fight. By comparison, another common metaphor, comparing cancer to a "journey" was "less likely to lead to feelings of guilt or failure". [ 10 ]

  5. They fought back: Cases of American women murdered by men ...

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    Jocelyn fought back, investigators believe, noting that one of the alleged assailants had bite marks and scratches on his arms when he was arrested. They also intentionally put her body in water ...

  6. Last stand - Wikipedia

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    Some military thinkers have cautioned against putting an opposing force into a last stand situation, recognising that trapped men will fight harder. Sun Tzu wrote: "To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape". Similarly, they have sometimes suggested deliberately putting their own forces in such a situation, for example by burning ...

  7. California retiree slams Social Security for ‘picking on the ...

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    She fought back — and won. Bethan Moorcraft. May 17, 2024 at 6:22 AM. California retiree slams Social Security for ‘picking on the old people.’ She fought back — and won.

  8. Names of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    English-language historians [7] [8] [9] outside the United States usually refer to the conflict as the "American Civil War". Such variations are also used in the United States if the war might otherwise be confused with another civil war such as the English Civil War of the 17th century , the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922, or the Spanish Civil ...

  9. Battlefield - Wikipedia

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    Although the term implies that battles are typically fought in a field – an open stretch of level ground – it applies to any type of terrain on which a battle is fought. The term can also have legal significance, and battlefields may have substantial historical and cultural value—the battlefield has been described as "a place where ideals ...