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iron curtain

[ahy-ern kur-tn] / ˈaɪ ərn ˈkɜr tn /








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“They were not designed for a situation in which an iron curtain descends,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023

“As soon as we saw this iron curtain descend again, we thought: What can we do to save ExoMars?”

From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2022

"If there is a new iron curtain, we do not want to be behind it," he said, referring to the Western term for a dividing line between eastern and western Europe during the Cold War.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022

“I think we’re in danger of seeing a financial iron curtain being reestablished,” said Jim Krane, a research fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2022

A twenty-six-year-old pilot stationed at Turner Air Force Base in Georgia, Powers was trained to deliver atomic bombs behind the iron curtain.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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