war effort
noun
: all that is being done to win a war
He wanted to contribute in some way to the war effort.
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What do new laws mean for how Ukraine’s war effort is going?
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Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Early on in World War II, the leaders of the Allied forces understood that the war effort would hinge on submarine warfare.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
The crackdown has exposed one of the main contradictions of wartime Russia, where nationalist fervor promoted by the government has brought xenophobia to new highs even as foreign workers have become an irreplaceable part of the country’s war effort.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
They are expected to show their commitment to the war effort; any expression of dissent with respect to the war has been criminalized.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
Where did daylight saving time come from? Congress passed a law mandating the move to daylight saving time in March 1918, when the U.S. was trying to conserve fuel and energy for the war effort and shifted clocks forward to make use of natural sunlight into the evening.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Here’s why Russia is in need of fresh supplies of ammunition and shells to sustain its attritional war effort after suffering heavy losses of men and equipment during more than two years of war.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
But on the other, the criticism has given Netanyahu an opportunity to showcase his characteristic defiance, positioning himself as a defender of a war effort that the overwhelming majority of Israelis continue to support.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Factories spit out shells, mortar rounds, military vehicles, missiles and other items crucial to the war effort.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Early on in World War II, the leaders of the Allied forces understood that the war effort would hinge on submarine warfare.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
The crackdown has exposed one of the main contradictions of wartime Russia, where nationalist fervor promoted by the government has brought xenophobia to new highs even as foreign workers have become an irreplaceable part of the country’s war effort.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
They are expected to show their commitment to the war effort; any expression of dissent with respect to the war has been criminalized.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
Where did daylight saving time come from? Congress passed a law mandating the move to daylight saving time in March 1918, when the U.S. was trying to conserve fuel and energy for the war effort and shifted clocks forward to make use of natural sunlight into the evening.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Here’s why Russia is in need of fresh supplies of ammunition and shells to sustain its attritional war effort after suffering heavy losses of men and equipment during more than two years of war.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
But on the other, the criticism has given Netanyahu an opportunity to showcase his characteristic defiance, positioning himself as a defender of a war effort that the overwhelming majority of Israelis continue to support.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Factories spit out shells, mortar rounds, military vehicles, missiles and other items crucial to the war effort.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
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