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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During the Cold War, Greenland played a key role in U.S. defense as part of an early warning system.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 12 Jan. 2025
But Adam added that the court could also draw on older precedents, from the Cold War and Vietnam eras, in which the court rejected the government’s arguments that supposed threats to national security justified limits on speech.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
During the Cold War, the Arctic region was the most direct route for a strategic nuclear exchange between the U.S. and the USSR using long-range bombers and ballistic missiles.
—Liz Friden, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
This was no small feat; after the Cold War, Europe had grown accustomed to viewing Russia less as a menace to its national security and more as an irritant that occasionally did despicable things (like invade Georgia in 2008, annex Crimea in 2014, and bail out a Syrian dictator in 2015).
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 12 Jan. 2025
But Adam added that the court could also draw on older precedents, from the Cold War and Vietnam eras, in which the court rejected the government’s arguments that supposed threats to national security justified limits on speech.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
During the Cold War, the Arctic region was the most direct route for a strategic nuclear exchange between the U.S. and the USSR using long-range bombers and ballistic missiles.
—Liz Friden, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
This was no small feat; after the Cold War, Europe had grown accustomed to viewing Russia less as a menace to its national security and more as an irritant that occasionally did despicable things (like invade Georgia in 2008, annex Crimea in 2014, and bail out a Syrian dictator in 2015).
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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