as in world war
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Recent Examples of cold war
Over generations, policy makers have created many subclasses of conflict: cold wars, police actions, hybrid wars, cyber wars.
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Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Williams is part of a larger cold war, radical vs. radical, that’s stayed mostly in the shadows.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Those who anticipate a darkening cold war between China and Trump’s United States are misguided.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Donald Trump has firmly embraced bitcoin and crypto this year as a leak reveals Russia could be about to start a bitcoin cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Williams is part of a larger cold war, radical vs. radical, that’s stayed mostly in the shadows.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Those who anticipate a darkening cold war between China and Trump’s United States are misguided.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Donald Trump has firmly embraced bitcoin and crypto this year as a leak reveals Russia could be about to start a bitcoin cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold war
Noun
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That should have been put to rest by two world wars.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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Aust showed me a sepia portrait of Hiller, who looked out with sunken eyes, a middle-aged man who had already lived through one world war.—
Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That Rocked Myanmar and Thailand But recovery efforts—including understanding the full extent of the damage and getting aid to where it’s needed most—are complicated by Myanmar’s ongoing civil war.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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The quake could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country that was already one of the world's most challenging places for humanitarian organizations to operate because of civil war, aid groups and the United Nations warned.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
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While Tedesco calls for a holy war in response to the attack, Benitez takes a different approach, declaring that violence should not be met with more violence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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But as Paul starts to meet the prophetic expectations of his most fervent followers, there are signs of a holy war that could have terrible consequences.—
Scott Tobias,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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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 14 Apr. 2025.
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