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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

“But it still shocked me just how quickly this new informational iron curtain has descended.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2022

“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

The country is all closed up, just like this place called Berlin, where an iron curtain has come down that keeps people from going in or getting out.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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