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conflict

[kuhn-flikt, kon-flikt] / kənˈflɪkt, ˈkɒn flɪkt /




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Since the start of the conflict, full-year earnings-per-share forecasts for the S&P 500 as a whole have risen slightly, according to bottom-up numbers from FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Baroness Smith said: "We know that the conflict in the Middle East is causing anxiety at home, and while the risk of global shocks is beyond our control, protecting people here is not."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

But even before the start of the conflict in Iran, American workers were struggling with high costs for basics, such as housing, healthcare and food.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Nazih Yahya, a septuagenarian resident with the wearied tone of someone long accustomed to conflict, expected the Israeli military to treat residents in non-Shiite villages differently from areas it counts as bastions of Hezbollah support.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

But in a conflict of hundreds, Neanderthals wouldn’t stand a chance.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari