the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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European governments are affirming the need for major increases in their military budgets — if not to the 5 percent of gross domestic product demanded by Mr. Trump, then to levels not seen since the Cold War days of the early 1980s.
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Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Jimmy Carter, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946, missed the war but served on a submarine in the early days of the Cold War.
—Steven Gillon / Made By History, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
But like the First Reconstruction, these changes generated intense backlash.
Bigger than anti-DEI
Since the demise of the Cold War over 30 years ago, the Republican Party has increasingly sided with those seeking to roll back the gains of the Second Reconstruction.
—Philip Klinkner, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2025
This arrangement stretches back to at least the Cold War, with one soldier representing the West, the other representing the East, and both strictly forbidden from communicating with each other.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Jimmy Carter, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946, missed the war but served on a submarine in the early days of the Cold War.
—Steven Gillon / Made By History, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
But like the First Reconstruction, these changes generated intense backlash.
Bigger than anti-DEI
Since the demise of the Cold War over 30 years ago, the Republican Party has increasingly sided with those seeking to roll back the gains of the Second Reconstruction.
—Philip Klinkner, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2025
This arrangement stretches back to at least the Cold War, with one soldier representing the West, the other representing the East, and both strictly forbidden from communicating with each other.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
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