at war
Example Sentences
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This World Cup will be the first in which a qualifying team will play in a host country with which it was at war.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Ukraine -- at war for more than four years -- has become the envy of some of the world's most powerful militaries in combating long-range drones.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
I don’t know the details of each case, but I do know that we are a nation at war asking enormous sacrifices of our service members.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The POW swaps remain one of the few remaining areas of cooperation between the two sides, at war since Russia ordered troops into its neighbour in February 2022.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A voice comes over the public address system: “Pearl Harbor has been bombed. We are now at war with Japan.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
