cold war

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Recent Examples of cold war Possible consequences include a second international cold war threatening disastrous American decline or, conceivably, even a third world war. Jay Ambrose, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2024 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 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 It’s generally agreed by the Housewives consuming public that this current iteration of Real Housewives of New Jersey — with Team Teresa and Team Melissa in a cold war and everyone playing their stories out in the press rather than in dramatic dinner scenes — is not sustainable. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cold war 
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Noun
  • And together with the established Native, Black, Latino and Anglo populations, these new Americans and their descendants helped the United States develop a booming industrial economy and win two world wars.
    Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The imperial and hegemonic orders of the past were killed off in the twentieth century by the two world wars.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Only when the country's ethnic communities are given an equal stake in the country's future will there be any chance of peace after decades of civil war.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Shatila's bloody history In 1982, amid Lebanon's civil war and an Israeli invasion, local militias allied with Israel killed up to 3,500 Palestinian refugees in Shatila and another Palestinian refugee camp called Sabra.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Absolute Dominion takes place In the year 2063 AD, when the world faces catastrophe as zealots and extremists wage a global holy war in the name of spiritual superiority.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
  • His speech Sunday was steeped in the language of Islamic holy war.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Cold war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20war. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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