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a group of people acting together within a larger group
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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As such, asked for a message to send to the president, as a number of other Axis of Resistance factions have shared with Newsweek in the past, Uli al-Baas declined, citing a gap between the White House and its constituency.
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Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Hezbollah was one of several Axis of Resistance factions to intervene on behalf of the Palestinian movement after its October 7, 2023, attack against Israel that sparked the still-ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
The animosity between the rival factions — one backing President Salva Kiir and another backing his deputy Riek Machar — has threatened to upheave the already shaky 2018 peace deal after dozens were killed following Machar’s recent arrest late last month, according to the outlet.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Analysts say that punishing anyone from factions fighting alongside the government could trigger a wide-scale insurrection — a potentially deadly blow to a fledgling government relying on those groups to secure its grip of the country.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, social media is awash with reports of factions entering villages for bouts of looting, or kidnapping and killing local notables, including in Al-Sanobar.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
On March 31, the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, two masked gunmen from military factions affiliated with the Syrian army executed six Alawites in the village of Haref Benemra, including the mayor and a child, authorities said.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
The fact that the final economic terms were more or less on the table for months while the various factions continued to publicly attack one another and the threat of a strike loomed raises questions about Johnson’s ability to close the deal.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Military purges After coming to power, Xi consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and loyal proteges.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Hezbollah was one of several Axis of Resistance factions to intervene on behalf of the Palestinian movement after its October 7, 2023, attack against Israel that sparked the still-ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
The animosity between the rival factions — one backing President Salva Kiir and another backing his deputy Riek Machar — has threatened to upheave the already shaky 2018 peace deal after dozens were killed following Machar’s recent arrest late last month, according to the outlet.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Analysts say that punishing anyone from factions fighting alongside the government could trigger a wide-scale insurrection — a potentially deadly blow to a fledgling government relying on those groups to secure its grip of the country.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, social media is awash with reports of factions entering villages for bouts of looting, or kidnapping and killing local notables, including in Al-Sanobar.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
On March 31, the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, two masked gunmen from military factions affiliated with the Syrian army executed six Alawites in the village of Haref Benemra, including the mayor and a child, authorities said.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
The fact that the final economic terms were more or less on the table for months while the various factions continued to publicly attack one another and the threat of a strike loomed raises questions about Johnson’s ability to close the deal.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Military purges After coming to power, Xi consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and loyal proteges.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Factions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factions. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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