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Noun
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Her portfolio will be one of the most important as the country begins rebuilding after nearly 14 years of civil war.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 2025 -
The civil war that began in 2011 also displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million people.—
Ghaith Alsayed,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
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Orson Welles’s 1955 cold war thriller Mr. Arkadin is the key to Wes Anderson’s psychological puzzle The Phoenician Scheme.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 May 2025
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The outcome of the Geneva talks was a temporary de-escalation of a wide-ranging cold war that is in fact much bigger than trade.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The aftermath of two world wars shattered many of the old certainties.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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It was deployed during the War of 1812 and both world wars.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In 1992, the government pressured Muslim clerics to declare a holy war against Nuba who opposed the regime.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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While Tedesco calls for a holy war in response to the attack, Benitez takes a different approach, declaring that violence should not be met with more violence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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In contrast, China has made targeted investments intended to give it an advantage in a quick, limited war, while keeping its overall defense spending relatively modest: Beijing’s defense spending has risen from five percent of U.S. levels in 1995 to 32 percent in 2017.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Police action.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20action. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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