war of nerves
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Blouin described the events as a "war of nerves", with traitors "organising everywhere".
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
This weekend’s developments come one week after the North opened a new front in the peninsula’s war of nerves.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2023
Engaging in a war of nerves with speculators is among the few options left for policymakers, particularly with the central bank showing no intention of hiking interest rates.
From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2022
Optimists say both sides are posturing, that it is a war of nerves, not missiles, and that all-out conflict is unlikely.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2019
He found little comfort, though, in the ever continuing war of nerves.
From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron
