prewar

Example Sentences

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The U.S. is to begin removing its blockade of Iranian ports while Iran is to allow traffic in the strait to return to prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Questions remain about the durability of a recent drop in oil prices, with tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz still below prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Oil prices were dropping last week — falling to their prewar level Friday — and average gas prices fell by 7 cents per gallon over a week ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

Notably, rate-sensitive yields on two-year Treasuries have remained higher even as Brent crude has fallen to prewar prices.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Soon there were more and more people looking for space as Jews returned to the city to search for their families and try to reclaim their homes and their prewar lives.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson