attritional
Example Sentences
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The most likely is a fifth year of grinding attritional warfare, while talks go round in circles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Or will 2026 be another year of grim attritional war, with Moscow and Kyiv treating the U.S. mediation effort as another battlefront?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
An attritional 18-play drive lasting nearly 10 minutes led to a field goal and slender lead for New England.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
Dyche has worked with some attritional Premier League squads, at Burnley then Everton.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
The attritional effect of repeated raids may be very great.
From Sound Military Decision by Edward C. (Edward Clifford) Kalbfus
