at war

Example Sentences

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Never before had a nation competing in the tournament been at war with one of the host countries, and Tehran long left open the question of whether its team would be allowed to play.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Both the U.S. national team and the team from Iran, whose countries remain at war, will be playing at the venue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

That’s how a country at war fields more than 2,000 defense companies and runs production cycles from outline to front line in months, not years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Prohibitions on sales to nations at war remain but can be circumvented under special circumstances.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

She discovered that underneath the aspect of the Rumpled Porcupine, a tortured Marxist was at war with an impossible, incurable Romantic—who forgot the candles, who broke the wineglasses, who lost the ring.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy