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In both world wars, the key to victory was unbeatable stamina.
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Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
Five years was serious business, the length of world wars and Soviet economic plans.
—Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
She was believed to have been the second-oldest nun after Sister André, a French nun who lived through two world wars and the 1918 influenza pandemic and survived Covid-19.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The aftermath of two world wars shattered many of the old certainties.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
Five years was serious business, the length of world wars and Soviet economic plans.
—Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
She was believed to have been the second-oldest nun after Sister André, a French nun who lived through two world wars and the 1918 influenza pandemic and survived Covid-19.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The aftermath of two world wars shattered many of the old certainties.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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This ‘investment’ is all about the U.S. vs. China cold war, a theme driving the markets and pretty much everything else until further notice.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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At the center of the tech cold war are mirrored titans: Nvidia, the crown jewel of the U.S. AI economy, and Huawei, the symbol of China’s digital ambitions.—
Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
22 May 2025
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The two powers did find a new alignment in the Middle East when civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, with Tehran and Moscow aiding longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against rebels and jihadis.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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The civil war in Syria intensified in 2014 as the PKK was withdrawing its fighters from Turkey.—
Ragip Soylu,
Time,
18 July 2025
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Many Russians will come to believe that Russia is fighting a holy war against the West and NATO, and that Western sanctions are designed to make ordinary Russians suffer.—
Maxim Mironov,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Mar. 2022
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In 1992, the government pressured Muslim clerics to declare a holy war against Nuba who opposed the regime.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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In contrast, China has made targeted investments intended to give it an advantage in a quick, limited war, while keeping its overall defense spending relatively modest: Beijing’s defense spending has risen from five percent of U.S. levels in 1995 to 32 percent in 2017.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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