at war
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: engaged in a war : fighting
Local politicians were at war with one another over the vacant seat.
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At that time Britain had been at war with Germany for seventeen months.
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
South Korea, still technically at war with North Korea, had shot down Google’s previous bids in 2007 and 2016 to be allowed to export the data, citing the risks that information about sensitive military and security facilities could be exposed.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
Because now the winners truly are at war!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Of course, the validity of the results of polls in an authoritarian society at war cannot be taken at face value.
—Elizaveta Gaufman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
South Korea, still technically at war with North Korea, had shot down Google’s previous bids in 2007 and 2016 to be allowed to export the data, citing the risks that information about sensitive military and security facilities could be exposed.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
Because now the winners truly are at war!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
Of course, the validity of the results of polls in an authoritarian society at war cannot be taken at face value.
—Elizaveta Gaufman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for at war
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