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war

[wawr] / wɔr /




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“The level of uncertainty remains significant because oil prices have been extremely volatile and could move substantially higher or lower depending on the course of the war and disruptions to global oil supplies,” Wolfe said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

Nuclear war is a real possibility, climate change is inevitable, famine and death are on the horizon.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

Machar had been named vice-president as part of a 2018 peace deal to end a five-year civil war between forces loyal to the two men.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

"Recently, we sent two North Korean prisoners of war to the Republic of Korea. These guys are not easy to capture alive," he added.

From Barron's

We listened to the gramophone instead, and longed every day for the war to be over, for Papi to be home again with us.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

He's been meeting more than a dozen world leaders as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine test his foreign policy agenda.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

A pandemic, wars and government deficits have reshaped the bond market since the start of the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Previous American wars equally have highlighted both the fraught nature of serving in higher-level leadership roles and in lower ranks where war’s injurious effects are most grievously felt.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

Plus, the Big Law talent wars and spending habits of Silicon Valley’s newly minted AI millionaires.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

My favorite is the Book of Revelation, which is about the end of the world, with demons and angels having these big wars.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

In his first term, he warred incessantly with public sector unions.

From Slate Mar. 12, 2025

Patel has warred against the FBI for years.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

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

They also warred with one another, however, with the Ptolemies and the Seleucids emerging as particularly bitter rivals, frequently fighting over the territories that divided their empires.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

Fury and puzzlement warred within him, and he spoke.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Volkswagen’s VOW3 6.47%increase; up pointing triangle warring stakeholders put aside their differences this week to approve a landmark turnaround plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 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

Speaking on CNBC, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal between the warring parties could be reached Tuesday or Wednesday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

After more than a decade of posturing and power struggles - a soap opera of warring promoters, shifting managers, fractured television deals and failed negotiations - it has finally come down to this.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

All along, he had been urging the warring nations to make peace.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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