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fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
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The same economy that has spent only two of the past 200 months in contraction is now staring down a hot war in the Persian Gulf, a fracturing trade system, and a Chinese president warning of moral as well as geopolitical collapse.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Iran for 47 years now has been at war — with the United States, with Iraq, economic war and now hot war.
—Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
The Iranians seem aware of the growing possibility of a hot war with the U.S. and are frantically working to prepare themselves.
—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
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Iran for 47 years now has been at war — with the United States, with Iraq, economic war and now hot war.
—Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
The Iranians seem aware of the growing possibility of a hot war with the U.S. and are frantically working to prepare themselves.
—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
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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