the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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Trump did not clarify if tests would be full-scale explosive ones breaking a decades-long moratorium and pointing to a reprise of the Cold War suspicions that had previously brought adversaries to the brink of World War Three.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
The Yalta agreement gave us the Cold War.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
It was forged during the Cold War, largely by American politicians and commentators insisting on its foundations in democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
But in the mid-1990s, after the end of the Cold War, a rebellion that began in eastern Congo spread.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
The Yalta agreement gave us the Cold War.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
It was forged during the Cold War, largely by American politicians and commentators insisting on its foundations in democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
But in the mid-1990s, after the end of the Cold War, a rebellion that began in eastern Congo spread.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Cold War
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