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Recent Examples of world war
Similarly, a majority of respondents were also afraid of biological warfare, as well as America getting involved in another world war.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Phew, no world war, and lucky McGee got to wear a comfy hoodie in the office for the crisis.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Because, choosing between some promises and the possibility of starting a third world war—the choice is still quite obvious.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Aerospace took a world war and almost 40 years to become a significant industry.
—Jon Younger, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Phew, no world war, and lucky McGee got to wear a comfy hoodie in the office for the crisis.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Because, choosing between some promises and the possibility of starting a third world war—the choice is still quite obvious.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Aerospace took a world war and almost 40 years to become a significant industry.
—Jon Younger, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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Kino Lorber’s cold war doc Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat opened at the Film Forum in NYC to $9.1k.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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Second, a worry is that if countries try to keep their AI close to the vest, this will in turn start a new kind of cold war.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Assad and his family are known for a brutal dictatorship, which since 2011 has been devastated by a civil war that turned it into a breeding ground for the extremist group ISIS while sparking a refugee crisis that saw millions displaced from their homes.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend, ending a nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power in his country amid a civil war that turned into a battlefield for international and regional powers.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Justice Department said Aman wanted to join ISIS to engage in a holy war, or jihad, in Syria.Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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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.The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 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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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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