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“They’re feeling that this is the time to fight and to push back and to battle it out.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
They decided to share information about their gains in part to feel like they were giving back and to continue the conversation, they said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
We are here to push you back and to cabin you, and we hold you accountable to the actual authority that you have, but you can’t cross this line.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
Over the past two years he has said repeatedly that continuing the war was the only way to get the hostages back and to destroy Hamas.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
He sat as stiffly as he walked, straight as a pole, his head thrown slightly back and to one side, with a sidelong glance that held a mixture of pride, distrust, and myopia.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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