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Enduring
意味 [通例[名]の前で]長期間続く, 永続的な〈愛情· 影響· 関係など〉; 辛抱強い〈性質など〉.
On October 7, 2001, the US military officially launched Operation Enduring Freedom, with support from the United Kingdom.
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troop
意味 [～s]軍隊; 軍勢, 兵士たち （具体数としては数百 [千] 以上が普通）
The war’s earliest phase mostly involved airstrikes on al Qaeda and Taliban targets. But by November, 1,300 American troops were in the country.
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topple
意味 …のバランスを崩して転倒させる; …をぐらつかせる; 〈政府· 権力者など〉を倒す.
That number steadily increased over the coming months as US and Afghan forces toppled the Taliban government and went after bin Laden, who was hiding in the Tora Bora cave complex southeast of Kabul.
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slip＋[副]
意味 〈人· 物が〉こっそりと動く, 滑るように動く （[副]は方向などの表現）
Bin Laden eventually slipped across the border into Pakistan.
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insurgent
意味 [C][通例～s]反乱者, 暴徒 (rebel); (米) （党内の） 反対分子.
The coming months and years would see Bush send thousands more US troops to Afghanistan to go after Taliban insurgents.
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combat
意味 [U][具体例では[C]] 戦闘, 戦い, 争い; 論争
By May 2003, the Pentagon said major combat in Afghanistan was over.
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