war
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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
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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
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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
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
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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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