as in cold war
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Recent Examples of world war
The timing of the celebration—just as world war erupted in Europe—did not escape many Americans.
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Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Modern international law emerged from the wreckage of world wars.
—Gyunduz Mamedov, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Through the two world wars and into the 1950s, some 22,000 immigrants saw their U.S. citizenship revoked.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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The internet music landscape is a cyclone of constant clickbait nowadays, where people treat every micro-beef like a world war and make jokes out of serious issues.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
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Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Modern international law emerged from the wreckage of world wars.
—Gyunduz Mamedov, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Through the two world wars and into the 1950s, some 22,000 immigrants saw their U.S. citizenship revoked.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Jacket by Issey Miyake, Pants and gloves by Yori, Tank Top by Calvin Klein, Hat by Kapital
The internet music landscape is a cyclone of constant clickbait nowadays, where people treat every micro-beef like a world war and make jokes out of serious issues.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
Noun
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Even under conditions of a gender cold war, many girls might get on fine—but boys could suffer more.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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And yet China’s leadership remains conflicted about Russia, fearing entanglement in Putin’s radical anti-Western schemes and eyeing with apprehension the prospect of a cold war that China neither wants nor knows how to fight.—
Sergey Radchenko,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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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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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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