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Recent Examples of world war
General Marshall wanted to raise up officers more prepared for the rigors of the approaching world war.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander-in-chief role, removing constraints on his power.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Stock’s dominance in growing wealth relative to other investments was achieved through world wars, trade wars, severe economic downturns, financial crises, and pandemics.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
In 1966, just four distilleries remained in Ireland after the havoc wreaked by two world wars and Prohibition, and three of those consolidated at Midleton: John Jameson & Son, John Powers & Son, and Cork Distilleries Company (Bushmills in Northern Ireland was the fourth).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2025
Two world wars emphasized the president’s commander-in-chief role, removing constraints on his power.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Stock’s dominance in growing wealth relative to other investments was achieved through world wars, trade wars, severe economic downturns, financial crises, and pandemics.
—Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
In 1966, just four distilleries remained in Ireland after the havoc wreaked by two world wars and Prohibition, and three of those consolidated at Midleton: John Jameson & Son, John Powers & Son, and Cork Distilleries Company (Bushmills in Northern Ireland was the fourth).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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Photograph: Simon Hill; Getty Images The main battleground of flagship smartphones for several years has been photography, but the camera cold war has led to increasingly large camera modules.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
3 Mar. 2025
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Many analysts believe Washington and Beijing are already locked into a new cold war.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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After Gaddafi was deposed, Libya fell into civil war and currently exists in a state of fragile ceasefire that could be broken at any time.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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The ongoing civil war has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophes and diplomatic efforts to bring the conflict to an end have failed.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
5 May 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,
22 Apr. 2025
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After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.—
Rozina Ali,
The New York Review of Books,
31 Oct. 2024
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And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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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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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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