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2. Siege hook - Wikipedia

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   A siege hook is a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege. The method used was to penetrate the protective wall with the hook and then retract it, pulling away some of the wall with it. The Greek historian Polybius, in his Histories, mentions the use of such weapons at the Roman siege of Ambracia:

3. Table (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Tables can be freestanding or designed for placement against a wall. Tables designed to be placed against a wall are known as pier tables [9] or console table s (French: console, "support bracket") and may be bracket-mounted (traditionally), like a shelf, or have legs, which sometimes imitate the look of a bracket-mounted table.

4. Chatelaine (chain) - Wikipedia

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   Chatelaine, 1765-1775 Victoria and Albert Museum no. C.492:1 to 7-1914 Chatelaine 1700s - Hallwyl Museum. A chatelaine is a decorative belt hook or clasp worn at the waist with a series of chains suspended from it.

5. 4 ISIS leaders killed in raid that left 7 US service members ...

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   Four senior ISIS leaders were killed in last month's U.S.-Iraqi military raid in western Iraq including the group's top operations leader in Iraq and its chief bombmaker for whom the United States ...

6. UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 ...

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   A record number of aid workers were killed in conflicts around the world last year – more than half after the Israel-Hamas war started on Oct. 7 -- and this year may become even deadlier, the ...

7. Oshkosh NGDV - Wikipedia

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   100% right-hand drive [RHD] commercial off-the-shelf [COTS] ICE vehicles, such as the Mercedes Metris currently in use 100% left-hand drive [LHD] COTS BEVs, using the Ford E-Transit as an exemplar According to the EIS, it would cost $11.6 billion to implement a 100% BEV NGDV fleet, $3.3 billion more than the split 10% BEV / 90% ICE NGDV fleet ...