IED
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David Heathcote, an intelligence manager with security analysts McKenzie Intelligence, also suggested that the device appeared to be an IED.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024
So much so that when a character in Ritchie’s new war film set in the country, the affectingly emotional “The Covenant,” mentions an IED, the words “improvised explosive device” helpfully pop up on screen.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023
Producer-star Jennifer Lawrence plays Lynsey, an Army engineer returned from Afghanistan after suffering traumatic brain injuries from an IED explosion.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022
A Purple Heart recipient who was severely burned by an IED blast in Afghanistan, Brown posted a picture of himself saluting while in uniform along with the words “Freedom Isn’t Free.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022
I used the IED metaphor because that's what this stage of the disease feels like: a war.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2022
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