as in world war
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Recent Examples of cold war
That’s a remnant of a still ongoing cold war with Cuba.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
If there is a new cold war, then the West may also be entering a new era of containment.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Photograph: Simon Hill; Getty Images The main battleground of flagship smartphones for several years has been photography, but the camera cold war has led to increasingly large camera modules.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2025
Many analysts believe Washington and Beijing are already locked into a new cold war.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
If there is a new cold war, then the West may also be entering a new era of containment.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Photograph: Simon Hill; Getty Images The main battleground of flagship smartphones for several years has been photography, but the camera cold war has led to increasingly large camera modules.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2025
Many analysts believe Washington and Beijing are already locked into a new cold war.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold war
Noun
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In both world wars, the key to victory was unbeatable stamina.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Five years was serious business, the length of world wars and Soviet economic plans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
Noun
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The group formed in the '80s during Lebanon's civil war to fight against two Israeli invasions of Lebanese territory, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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South Sudan endured a bloody years-long civil war shortly after gaining independence in 2011, and the United Nations warns violence has escalated in recent months.—
June 23,
CBS News,
23 June 2025
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Many Russians will come to believe that Russia is fighting a holy war against the West and NATO, and that Western sanctions are designed to make ordinary Russians suffer.—
Maxim Mironov,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Mar. 2022
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In 1992, the government pressured Muslim clerics to declare a holy war against Nuba who opposed the regime.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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In contrast, China has made targeted investments intended to give it an advantage in a quick, limited war, while keeping its overall defense spending relatively modest: Beijing’s defense spending has risen from five percent of U.S. levels in 1995 to 32 percent in 2017.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Cold war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20war. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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