wars

Example Sentences

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To most people, the wars are little more than a footnote today.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

After two and a half centuries of triumphs and tragedies, slavery and freedom, civil war and world wars, multiple surveys indicate a nation divided about where it is and where it's going.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

Painter stressed that the Founding Fathers were so afraid of foreign influence — and the possibility of getting dragged into alliances and wars — that they put provisions like that clause in the Constitution.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

Worked by one family since the 1700s, it has survived wars, industrialization and data center development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

By the 1700s, women divers from Jeju and surrounding islands outnumbered their male counterparts, due in great measure to the fact that so many Korean men had died during wars or deep-sea fishing accidents.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler