anarchy
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England have previously thrived in anarchy - their only win in Australia came in two days of pandemonium in Melbourne.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Baqaei called the threat toward Oman "a worrying sign of the normalisation of anarchy and intimidation in international relations".
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The anti-Assad forces were splintered, mutually mistrustful and prone to looting; the areas they controlled descended into anarchy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
We’re lucky that English, with its stretchy grammar and its giant grab bag of a vocabulary, gives us so much room for verbal play, if not anarchy.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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