attrition
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The shift toward infrastructure targets risks turning the conflict into a war of economic attrition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
They also come as Iran appears determined to carry out a war of attrition and demonstrate its control over Persian Gulf oil shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
That is one of the classic dangers of long wars of attrition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
They have stepped forward in this championship, but with each Irish try and each moment of Irish attrition you were reminded of the distance Scotland have left to travel.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Marine General Victor Krulak showed the secretary a detailed report he’d written that seemed to prove mathematically that Westmoreland’s war of attrition was doomed.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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