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View synonyms for Forces

Forces

/ ˈfɔːsɪz /

plural noun

  1. the Forces
    the armed services of a nation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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North Korea has sent thousands of troops to fight on Russia's side and Ukrainian forces have reported clashes with them in Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops are occupying some territory.

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Coaching a player like JuJu, who is going to be in that limelight a lot this season, how do you balance your instincts to protect her from those negative forces, while also letting her spread her wings and fly, so to speak, as the marketable star athlete she is?

"The intestine and in particular the colon has been studied for decades but it hasn't been characterized in this way before, and that both forces us to reevaluate many different studies and opens up a window for future research," said Toufic Mayassi, a co-first author on the study along with Chenhao Li.

Just this week, the UN warned that Palestinians were "facing diminishing conditions for survival" in parts of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces because virtually no aid had been delivered in 40 days.

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Israel denies the allegation that its forces are committing genocide in Gaza, which is the subject of a separate case before the International Court of Justice.

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