iron curtain
Example Sentences
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Even as Iran completes a digital iron curtain certain to further stymie research collaborations with the West, it’s encouraging its scientists to forge closer ties with China and Russia.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 11, 2023
“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
"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
“An iron curtain has descended across the Continent,” declared Winston Churchill, Britain’s prime minister during World War II, while visiting America in 1946.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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