at war
idiom
: engaged in a war : fighting
Local politicians were at war with one another over the vacant seat.
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New to season 14 is Brandon Larracuente's Sal Vasquez, a cocky young firefighter at war with his father, a former Chicago PD detective accused of fabricating evidence.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Nov. 2025
To make matters worse, the equally destitute viewing public is rewarded for ratting out the runners (or killing the contestants themselves), which pits neighbor against neighbor in a way that keeps the underclass at war with itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
Sachko was raised in and lives in the Czech Republic, but has many relatives still living in Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in February 2022.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
But the only ink Grace spills there is an abstract galaxy, spattered across a page mixed with her own breast milk, a creative output that blends her two identities, now at war.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Nov. 2025
To make matters worse, the equally destitute viewing public is rewarded for ratting out the runners (or killing the contestants themselves), which pits neighbor against neighbor in a way that keeps the underclass at war with itself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
Sachko was raised in and lives in the Czech Republic, but has many relatives still living in Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in February 2022.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
But the only ink Grace spills there is an abstract galaxy, spattered across a page mixed with her own breast milk, a creative output that blends her two identities, now at war.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
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“At war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20war. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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