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Recent Examples of world war
Season 2 is a sweeping love story against a massive world war.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
The two world wars had ushered in a golden era for physics, thanks to the discipline’s military and industrial applications.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
Before both world wars, Washington sought neutrality.
—Hans Binnendijk, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2024
The prize has been withheld 19 times since 1901, including during both world wars.
—Mike Corder and Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
The two world wars had ushered in a golden era for physics, thanks to the discipline’s military and industrial applications.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
Before both world wars, Washington sought neutrality.
—Hans Binnendijk, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2024
The prize has been withheld 19 times since 1901, including during both world wars.
—Mike Corder and Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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It’s generally agreed by the Housewives consuming public that this current iteration of Real Housewives of New Jersey — with Team Teresa and Team Melissa in a cold war and everyone playing their stories out in the press rather than in dramatic dinner scenes — is not sustainable.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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These actions also contribute to the growing tech cold war between major powers, particularly the U.S. and China.Tim Bates, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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And then, Charles Bethea reports on the people making plans for surviving a civil war.Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Their arrival was like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire—igniting a brutal fifteen-year civil war that devastated the country.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 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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With Gamestop, this eventually wrapped back around into something that’s part cult, part get-rich-quick scheme, part righteous holy war against investors, and part cyberpunk cautionary tale.Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 July 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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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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