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The story could hardly be more timely, with its tangled—and, as it turns out, well-justified—suspicions, in midbattle, about who can and cannot be trusted, and about whether Pakistani security agents are friends or agents of terror.
War, Sex and Counterterrorism Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011
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Those who now recognize the Oxford standard with the Streaming Sun, and see de Vere laying about him in the middle of the confusion, and shouting to bring his men to order, think that he has turned his coat in midbattle—as men do—and those who are close enough, his old friends, turn on him like furious dogs to kill him as a thing worse than the enemy: a traitor on the battlefield.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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Those who now recognize the Oxford standard with the Streaming Sun, and see de Vere laying about him in the middle of the confusion, and shouting to bring his men to order, think that he has turned his coat in midbattle—as men do—and those who are close enough, his old friends, turn on him like furious dogs to kill him as a thing worse than the enemy: a traitor on the battlefield.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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Those who now recognize the Oxford standard with the Streaming Sun, and see de Vere laying about him in the middle of the confusion, and shouting to bring his men to order, think that he has turned his coat in midbattle—as men do—and those who are close enough, his old friends, turn on him like furious dogs to kill him as a thing worse than the enemy: a traitor on the battlefield.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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Up until then, most Vietnam War battles were reported on after they happened, or at best, if the battle was long enough, reporters would get in at midbattle.
1968 the Year that Rocked the World Kurlansky, Mark 2004
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It's easy to fly behind cover midbattle or surprise your opponents by dropping in unexpectedly from above, so you have to constantly be on your toes.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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It's not easy to switch your gear midbattle, so you'll have to choose your loadout wisely depending on which objectives you want to go after during your life.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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The experience offers nothing visceral; it's just a glorified board game with a little midbattle animation.
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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