short operation

As he settled into his new role, Mr. Welch was only a few weeks removed from a health crisis, having had what he described as a “short operation” after a diagnosis of testicular cancer.

But Mr. Putin has shown no indications that he wants any sort of full-scale draft, which would amount to an admission to his country that the fight in Ukraine will be a long war, not a short operation.

What Mr. Abiy, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, predicted would be a short operation has instead become a quagmire that threatens to destabilize the Horn of Africa.

“The key on this lady is a short operation,” Dr. Leavitt said.

While both sides have been blamed for violence against civilians, the Obama administration now faces increasing pressure to reconsider its military support for a campaign that was supposed to be a short operation focused on defending the Saudi border, but has evolved into an open-ended, offensive war.