as in civil war
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Recent Examples of holy war
The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document
by John Bidwell
Rozina Ali
God’s Directive
After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.
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The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
With Gamestop, this eventually wrapped back around into something that’s part cult, part get-rich-quick scheme, part righteous holy war against investors, and part cyberpunk cautionary tale.
—Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 July 2024
Busch has framed her quest to unearth election fraud in Arizona — which has been debunked by independent investigators — in the language of a religious holy war.
—Azi Paybarah, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Paul knows from his own dreams that this sparked holy war he's just started will kill billions (with a B) of people.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
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The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
With Gamestop, this eventually wrapped back around into something that’s part cult, part get-rich-quick scheme, part righteous holy war against investors, and part cyberpunk cautionary tale.
—Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 July 2024
Busch has framed her quest to unearth election fraud in Arizona — which has been debunked by independent investigators — in the language of a religious holy war.
—Azi Paybarah, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Paul knows from his own dreams that this sparked holy war he's just started will kill billions (with a B) of people.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy war
Noun
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Netanyahu's comments at a military graduation led to new concerns over the Israeli presence, and sway, in a swath of southern Syria as Damascus' new leaders attempt to consolidate control after years of civil war.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the following years, MS-13 began to grow and evolve as more Salvadorans arrived in the US, fleeing the civil war back home.—
Max Saltman,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His efforts at alliance building reflected not the beginning of a multipolar era but an ideological contest between democracy and autocracy in a new cold war with China.—
Michael Brenes,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Jan. 2025
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Over generations, policy makers have created many subclasses of conflict: cold wars, police actions, hybrid wars, cyber wars.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Modern international law emerged from the wreckage of world wars.—
Gyunduz Mamedov,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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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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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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