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Recent Examples of cold war
To counter them, Harris or Trump could warn Americans that the costs of a hot or cold war with China would be steep, and that such a conflict could arrive soon if bilateral ties keep deteriorating.
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Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The Latino doormen and the Albanian doormen have been in a cold war.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
In October 2022, the Commerce Department forged ahead with its new export controls, a moment that was seen in some circles as a dramatic escalation in a second cold war.
—Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Grande’s yearslong cold war with the media finally bubbled over after some writers called out her friend Justin Bieber for lip-syncing during Grande’s otherwise-successful headlining Coachella set.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
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Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The Latino doormen and the Albanian doormen have been in a cold war.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
In October 2022, the Commerce Department forged ahead with its new export controls, a moment that was seen in some circles as a dramatic escalation in a second cold war.
—Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Grande’s yearslong cold war with the media finally bubbled over after some writers called out her friend Justin Bieber for lip-syncing during Grande’s otherwise-successful headlining Coachella set.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold war
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The South Koreans have pledged to arm Ukraine if North Korean troops fight there, raising the complicated prospect of an Asian proxy war in Europe – again something that would have been inconceivable years ago, and that also tilts us towards the notion of a world war.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Her sudden death, at 39, just a few weeks after the album’s recording, tempts a retrospective reading of ((world war)).Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend, ending a nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power in his country amid a civil war that turned into a battlefield for international and regional powers.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Assad and his family are known for a brutal dictatorship, which since 2011 has been devastated by a civil war that turned it into a breeding ground for the extremist group ISIS while sparking a refugee crisis that saw millions displaced from their homes.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Justice Department said Aman wanted to join ISIS to engage in a holy war, or jihad, in Syria.Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document by John Bidwell Rozina Ali God’s Directive After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024
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In this scenario, which may already be coming to fruition, the meager hope is that the conflict transforms into simply a more limited war.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Cold war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20war. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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