as in world war
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Recent Examples of cold war
Those who anticipate a darkening cold war between China and Trump’s United States are misguided.
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Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Donald Trump has firmly embraced bitcoin and crypto this year as a leak reveals Russia could be about to start a bitcoin cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Today, the new cold war is being waged unremittingly in multiple domains, from Ukraine to the Middle East, from space to cyberspace.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Disney and Universal have been in a cold war for tourist cash since the ’90s.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Donald Trump has firmly embraced bitcoin and crypto this year as a leak reveals Russia could be about to start a bitcoin cold war.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Today, the new cold war is being waged unremittingly in multiple domains, from Ukraine to the Middle East, from space to cyberspace.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Disney and Universal have been in a cold war for tourist cash since the ’90s.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold war
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Modern international law emerged from the wreckage of world wars.—
Gyunduz Mamedov,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Through the two world wars and into the 1950s, some 22,000 immigrants saw their U.S. citizenship revoked.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Columbia has had a new president annually, and Harvard, like a small, suffering nation embroiled in civil war, has had more presidents than commencement parades.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Father Michelle Naaman, who was kidnapped during the civil war, complained that foreign fighters were manning some checkpoints, confusing the question of who represents the government and who are militia members.—
Taylor Luck,
The Christian Science Monitor,
25 Feb. 2025
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While Tedesco calls for a holy war in response to the attack, Benitez takes a different approach, declaring that violence should not be met with more violence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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But as Paul starts to meet the prophetic expectations of his most fervent followers, there are signs of a holy war that could have terrible consequences.—
Scott Tobias,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Sep. 2024
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In this scenario, which may already be coming to fruition, the meager hope is that the conflict transforms into simply a more limited war.—
Daniel Byman,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Apr. 2024
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