tocsin
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In theory, then, the tocsins of war might make war unnecessary, if the U.S. and its allies remain patient enough for the blockade and pressure to work.
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He makes the light, bright passages sparkle with Gallic esprit, and is still able to sound the tocsins of destiny.
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For despite the tocsins from Washington, despite intruders from overseas, the maligned frank furter has proved as irresistible in 1972 as it was in 1914 to a boy named Penrod.
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These tocsins resound in French Journalist Amaury de Riencourt's recent The American Empire, which envisions an Americanization of the world comparable to what Rome achieved when the Mediterranean bordered the known universe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon the flight of a criminal tocsins were sounded, and the officers of the Brotherhood stationed within hearing took up a pursuit that left little hope for escape.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
