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war

[wawr] / wɔr /




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Lubinets is the first Ukrainian official since the start of the war to visit Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The antidrone nets and cages are a sign of how the Black Sea is becoming an important theater in the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

"We'd like to achieve it. It doesn't solve the war, but at least it solves a unique aspect of it," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

“Nobody wants to go to war with a general that is going to sit in the rear … I want one that’ll go into war with me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Karli would often ask us if Papi was dead in the war.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Gross public debt as a share of GDP stands near 110%, the highest sustained level since the Napoleonic wars in Europe in the early 1800s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The US comments sum up a two-day meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, that has been complicated by wars in Iran and Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

The region’s wars have hit a lull in recent weeks, but they are far from over.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Welcome to the quiet beginning of the robot wars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“It’s not safe, Richard. I’m not staying here longer than another week. These people never fight civilized wars, do they? So much for calling it a civil war.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Following Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, his generals warred with each other over control of the empire and eventually divided the vast territory among themselves.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 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

She told me about the dark times when Denmark warred with Norway and a long drought brought starvation to the village and hunger to the castle.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Ukrainian and Russian officials visited the city together on Friday, delivering aid and marshalling those who wanted to leave in a rare show of cooperation between the warring sides.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

At the behest of the army, the institute brought together 30 elders of warring tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

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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