full-scale

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“I think that, yes, there was a kind of risk taken by the Iranians, but it doesn’t seem that Iran really wanted to be engaged in a full-scale confrontation with Israel,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

An upward move this week would mark the first hike since September 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning in February of the previous year drove an energy-price spike.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“While the United States and Iran have been in negotiation gridlock for a while, the fact that a full-scale escalation has not materialised should be a sign of comfort by itself.”

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

It is the most serious incident of its kind in this country since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The other was for a “new and larger cyclotron” for medical research, including the full-scale production of synthetic radioisotopes.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik