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That of course would have spawned a revenge raid, which would have invited a counterraid, and the stakes of blood vengeance would have gone up all across the plains.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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Plans for a punitive counterraid against the Tuareg were never realized.
1864 2001
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They launched a brief raid into the Sword Marches, which provoked a counterraid deep into the desert before it ran out of both supplies and enemies.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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They launched a brief raid into the Sword Marches, which provoked a counterraid deep into the desert before it ran out of both supplies and enemies.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Chaos threatened as desperate men resorted to raid and counterraid and younger priests split with their elders over the meaning of the drought.
The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984
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