at war
idiom
: engaged in a war : fighting
Local politicians were at war with one another over the vacant seat.
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Trump went a step further and invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which is a wartime law passed in order to grant the president authority to detain, restrict or deport foreign nationals from a country that is at war with the United States.
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Peter Aitken
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The strategy hinged on using an 18th-century wartime law and treating the migrants like citizens of a country at war with the United States.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Equity has been at war with Spotlight over membership fees for months.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
For the last quarter century, Somalia has been at war with itself.
—Mohamed Sheikh Nor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
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Peter Aitken
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The strategy hinged on using an 18th-century wartime law and treating the migrants like citizens of a country at war with the United States.
—Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Equity has been at war with Spotlight over membership fees for months.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
For the last quarter century, Somalia has been at war with itself.
—Mohamed Sheikh Nor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
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“At war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20war. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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