war
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"Headwinds from a prolonged war and persistent geopolitical tensions could revive inflationary pressures, strain fiscal and external positions, and hit energy-importing and low-income countries hardest," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
European automakers have been grappling with a shrinking auto market in China coupled with intense competition that has sparked a prolonged price war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Overall, the IMF said that the private sector appears to have so far adjusted well to the geopolitical shocks from the war.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Since the outbreak of the war, Russia has sent humanitarian aid to Iran, but has otherwise not officially announced any concrete assistance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
England, France, and Germany were at war; their stations carried mostly war reports or code messages and many frequencies were jammed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"Forget the controversy, the culture wars and the pink concept car," says Ginny Buckley of the electric car website Electrifying.com.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"All wars end in peace, and all crimes are judged by a court," the guide said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
You need large numbers to win wars, which inherently means that armies can’t be elitist institutions.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Watch Ben Fritz explain how Warner Bros. went from the hottest studio in Hollywood to another victim of the streaming wars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The two countries struggled for supremacy using political maneuvering, stockpiling weapons, and fighting “proxy” wars in other, smaller countries where they didn’t directly engage each other.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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In his first term, he warred incessantly with public sector unions.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2025
Then, two titanic egos — Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis and railroad baron Henry Huntington — warred through their proxies in Congress, Huntington wanting the harbor in Santa Monica, and Otis in San Pedro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
U.S. oil prices hit their lowest this year overnight as concerns over Chinese demand warred with talk of possible OPEC+ output cuts.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2022
Each empire warred with its rivals at times, but it also worked with them to protect trade routes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
She was in the air, and the dreamlike unreality of floating warred with the gruesome truth beneath her.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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When “Digger” briefly strikes this resonant note, its warring aspects begin to coalesce, before Iñárritu strikes them with a shovel and breaks everything up again.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
After a preliminary deal was signed between the two warring parties in June, the oil price temporarily fell sharply to pre-war levels, having gone as high as $120 a barrel.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Now officials are caught in a bind, with warring sections of the administration having a public fight over their chosen partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Lamar is also trying to deal with his identity as a Black man living in a community overrun by warring gangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Unlike Grandfather’s stories, which quieted the warring spirits within her with the softness of moonlight or the lyric timbre of a lone flute, Mrs. Rappaport’s speech thrilled her like sunlight and trumpets.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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