How to Use weapons of mass destruction in a Sentence

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• Iraq had phony weapons of mass destruction; Trump has fictional fentanyl.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
• The Domino Theory in Vietnam, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
  — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
• Chaos would be better than Saddam because of WMD [weapons of mass destruction] and terrorism and all the things.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
• Noem said staffers in agencies providing cybersecurity or training to detect weapons of mass destruction were furloughed.
  — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Mar. 2026
• Publicly, most of them stayed silent, concerned that questioning the White House’s claims about the existence of weapons of mass destruction would seem unpatriotic.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
• In 2003, the press largely failed to scrutinize the Bush administration’s claims about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
• Even a National Guard team reportedly specializing in weapons of mass destruction was sent to the home, according to broadcast reports.
  — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
• In 2003 the Bush administration went through the motions of presenting a case that Saddam might have weapons of mass destruction and might wish to use them against the US.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
• In the wake of the Iraq War—when countless media outlets across the United States drummed up fears of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq—Parry wanted to create a more independent news outlet.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
• The human-rights violations, fears about the development of weapons of mass destruction, and even the connections between Iraq and Al Qaeda, which were obviously very overblown, were utilized extensively.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
• The Bush administration sent troops to invade Iraq in 2003 over false claims the Middle Eastern country possessed weapons of mass destruction, earning fierce criticism from many.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
• After it was caught amplifying the Bush Administration’s lies about weapons of mass destruction and the ease of regime change in Iraq, America’s own newspaper of record issued a mea culpa in 2004.
  — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Ten months earlier, Bush had made the decision to invade Iraq after his administration’s historic campaign of lies convinced the American people that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
• In 2010, Najibullah Zazi, accused of buying products from beauty supply stores to make bombs for an attack on New York City subways, pleaded guilty to charges including conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.
  — ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
• At the time, France, led by President Jacques Chirac, could not countenance supporting an attack on Saddam Hussein, given the weak evidence for either weapons of mass destruction or a link to the horrors of 9/11.
  — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
• The following day, Hamilton was removed from his position and replaced by David Richardson, who was serving as the assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security’s countering weapons of mass destruction.
  — Annika Neklason, Time, 2 Apr. 2026
• In 2003, as the United States invaded Iraq over false claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, Khamenei issued a religious edict — a fatwa — declaring nuclear weapons to be forbidden under Islam.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
• Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered a now-infamous speech to the United Nations in February 2003, making the case for war based on the inaccurate assertion that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
  — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
• Iran seems focused on short- and medium-range missiles, with a top range of 2,000 kilometers, said Gary Samore, a Brandeis University professor who worked on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Obama and Clinton administrations.
  — Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
• Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was sent before the United Nations with an elaborate prop arsenal of faulty intelligence, photos, charts, and power point presentations, all ostensibly proving that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
  — Gene Collier, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026