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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But this light-hearted tradition is thought to have originated during a dark period, during the Cold War.
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Powers estimates the Cold War stuff is worth millions of dollars.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Four years after that broadcast, the Cold War ended in an American victory with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Pyongyang began taking fitful steps toward a nuclear weapon during the Cold War, tested its first bomb in 2006, and today regularly issues nuclear threats against its southern neighbor.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Powers estimates the Cold War stuff is worth millions of dollars.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Four years after that broadcast, the Cold War ended in an American victory with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
—Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Pyongyang began taking fitful steps toward a nuclear weapon during the Cold War, tested its first bomb in 2006, and today regularly issues nuclear threats against its southern neighbor.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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