warred

past tense of war

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Verb
  • Despite this, many of the groups that fought to prevent the Obergefell ruling are now ramping up their ongoing fight to overturn it.
    Them., Them., 19 Sep. 2025
  • The meaning of liberation would have to be worked out, perhaps even fought over.
    Kornel Chang September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite critics who argue that AI progress is slowing, Amodei contended that development will continue at a similar pace.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The source contended that the network was not swayed by outside pressure.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Powell, for his part, resisted any interpretations of the central bank as being anything but independent.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Blair resisted at first, but eventually gave in to the belief that they were meant to be together.
    Emily Exton, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Working-class designers have battled systemic barriers for years — but a shift may finally be underway.
    Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, this was only the fifth time in Champions League history that two sides battled each other to a 4-4 draw.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, Hungary and Slovakia are the EU's top purchasers of Russian energy and have opposed efforts by Brussels to phase it out.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • ByteDance, TikTok's current owner, which in the past has opposed the sale, did not immediately respond to Ars' request to comment.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its debt has soared from distressed levels, vindicating bondholders who withstood years of brinkmanship and legal drama with Ergen.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After taking a 19-8 loss Friday while the Mets unveiled Jonah Tong for five inning, the Marlins scored five in the first inning, withstood two homers by Juan Soto in an 11-8 win Saturday and easily earned a 5-1 victory Sunday.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lobby has been carefully preserved to maintain its historical integrity with restoration efforts focusing on keeping the original look including the ceiling and tiles, which have been restored to their original form.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Warred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warred. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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