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Recent Examples of nuclear
Here’s a closer look at Greenland’s position at a crossroads for nuclear defense.
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John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
With Stalin’s large standing army smothering half of Europe, and his fledgling nuclear arsenal extending Moscow’s ambitions overseas, America had to scramble.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
In much of the Global South, the nuclear debate is no longer about ideology.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
In a hypothetical nuclear war involving Russia, China and the United States, the island of Greenland would be in the middle of Armageddon.
—John Leicester, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
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John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
With Stalin’s large standing army smothering half of Europe, and his fledgling nuclear arsenal extending Moscow’s ambitions overseas, America had to scramble.
—Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
In much of the Global South, the nuclear debate is no longer about ideology.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
In a hypothetical nuclear war involving Russia, China and the United States, the island of Greenland would be in the middle of Armageddon.
—John Leicester, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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What’s left is to use a ballistic solver of some sort to come up with your elevation and windage corrections.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the car—small, low to the ground, and exceedingly heavy, owing to the ballistic steel and glass—is not suited to a city like Caracas, which is rife with steep inclines and deep potholes, and is best travelled in a four-by-four.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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Is this lucid state only temporary based on the recent anti-psychotic meds he was given by Kelson?—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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The peak of a psychedelic experience can therefore share similarities with psychosis; and, for people with undiagnosed underlying conditions, this can increase the severity of manic and psychotic symptoms, as the findings of a recent paper concluded.—
Mattha Busby,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2026
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Does the client have a specific mental disorder?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The feeling was unfamiliar, since my usual mental coordinates place me somewhere in the proximate future, a locus of anticipation and, all too often, unfocused worry.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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The key figure turns out to be Alex’s mysterious Aunt Gladys, played in full psycho-biddy drag by Amy Madigan.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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Remember playing demented parlor games that Wiig made up?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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The infected barely factor into DaCosta’s film, but Jack O’Connell’s Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal is such a demented force of nature that the undead can’t hope to factor as much of a threat.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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