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And at the center of this web are the ayatollahs declaring holy war on the Great Satan (which is us).
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
Contributors there continue to employ the language of holy war.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
But as the movie progresses, Lady Jessica increasingly serves only to deliver communiqués to Paul from his unborn sister, who seems way more concerned with his reluctance to start an interstellar holy war than, say, the development of her own limbs.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
In Herbert’s novel, and Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune, Paul is reluctant to kick off the holy war to end all holy wars.
—Max Evry, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
Contributors there continue to employ the language of holy war.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
But as the movie progresses, Lady Jessica increasingly serves only to deliver communiqués to Paul from his unborn sister, who seems way more concerned with his reluctance to start an interstellar holy war than, say, the development of her own limbs.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
In Herbert’s novel, and Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune, Paul is reluctant to kick off the holy war to end all holy wars.
—Max Evry, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy war
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Anger continued to be whipped up online, not least by X/Twitter owner Elon Musk, who had been critical of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and claimed that Britain is on the brink of civil war.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
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For the Lebanese, such talk of encouraging one group to rise against another evokes memories of the civil war, when Lebanon’s religious sects were embroiled in an internecine, hugely destructive conflict that killed more than 150,000 people and turned Beirut into a byword for tragedy.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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To counter them, Harris or Trump could warn Americans that the costs of a hot or cold war with China would be steep, and that such a conflict could arrive soon if bilateral ties keep deteriorating.Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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The Latino doormen and the Albanian doormen have been in a cold war.Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Katie Hafner: For women in the U.K. between the two world wars, studying chemistry was especially hard.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Season 2 is a sweeping love story against a massive world war.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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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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“Holy war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20war. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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