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And it was the Liberian women who fought the final battle for peace.
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The sentence gives Liberian women central credit for the last major effort to achieve peace. “Fought” treats this effort as a struggle, while “final battle” suggests it came at the closing stage of a conflict. The wording presents peace as something secured through determined action.
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