Examples of hot war in a Sentence
fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
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The Iranians seem aware of the growing possibility of a hot war with the U.S. and are frantically working to prepare themselves.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
There are hot wars in Ukraine and Gaza, cold wars on the Korean peninsula and in the Taiwan Strait, and budding wars in Iran and parts of Africa.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Instead of fighting hot wars, the United States and its partners should leverage the great strength of the maritime world against the great weakness of the continentalists: their different capacities to generate wealth.
—S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
But American diplomacy — backed up by our military might — is what kept us out of a hot war with the Soviet Union, has prevented war between China and Taiwan, and ended conflict between Egypt and Israel, to name a few.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
There are hot wars in Ukraine and Gaza, cold wars on the Korean peninsula and in the Taiwan Strait, and budding wars in Iran and parts of Africa.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Instead of fighting hot wars, the United States and its partners should leverage the great strength of the maritime world against the great weakness of the continentalists: their different capacities to generate wealth.
—S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
But American diplomacy — backed up by our military might — is what kept us out of a hot war with the Soviet Union, has prevented war between China and Taiwan, and ended conflict between Egypt and Israel, to name a few.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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