make war
Example Sentences
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"No algorithm can make war morally acceptable," the Pope wrote.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
When a man can make war or peace, promote or block trade, make you rich or freeze you out, other people do what they can to stay on his good side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
He could defend himself, issue the order for Crimson Sky, make war on Osaka, declare himself shogun — but he won’t.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024
His uncompromising hostility toward revolutionaries inspired Thomas Paine to remark in 1776, “Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families.”
From National Geographic • Jul. 3, 2023
In one of them, quite long, he invited him to join in a campaign to make war more humane.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
