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Patel has warred against the FBI for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

“I have to say, I didn’t expect it at all,” echoed Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle, who has warred with Microsoft before, and lost, over that company’s extensive state tax breaks.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2019

Mr. Grassley has warred with Mr. Sessions over one of his top policy priorities, a comprehensive bipartisan criminal justice overhaul also championed by the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018

Of Mr. Trump, who he has warred with publicly in the past, Mr. McCain says he isn’t sure what to think.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2018

The argument of the poem is as follows:— Charlemagne has warred seven years in Spain, but king Marsile of Saragossa still resists the Christian conqueror.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George