hostilities
Example Sentences
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The recently resumed hostilities with Iran are not going well.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
The data will give a picture of how the country’s economy was performing ahead of renewed hostilities in the Middle East and a jump higher in oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Shipping through Hormuz staged a partial recovery after a ceasefire in mid-June, but traffic has again fallen sharply as U.S.-Iran hostilities intensified earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Second-quarter net profit rose to 1.27 billion euros from 929 million euros in the first quarter, despite the company having no assets in the Middle East, where hostilities have fuelled higher crude prices.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
On the other hand, Europeans viewed treaties as legal documents that focused on ending hostilities and as businesslike transactions where “the winner” got something from “the loser.”
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
