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Wright and Cooke both lean right into the emotionally heightened madness of it all, especially as Laura and Cherry’s cold war turns extremely, violently hot.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The border cold war finally thawed, and over the next decade-plus the schools slowly renewed acquaintances in several sports, including men’s basketball.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Some of the largest states in the union are currently engaged in a cold war over the House of Representatives, which the Republicans hold with a single-digits majority.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
The social media cold war between the two singers seems related to Cain dating Del Rey’s ex, Salem’s Jack Donoghue.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The border cold war finally thawed, and over the next decade-plus the schools slowly renewed acquaintances in several sports, including men’s basketball.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Some of the largest states in the union are currently engaged in a cold war over the House of Representatives, which the Republicans hold with a single-digits majority.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
The social media cold war between the two singers seems related to Cain dating Del Rey’s ex, Salem’s Jack Donoghue.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold war
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The Islamist war on Christians in Africa is another front of this world war that stretches from Sudan in the north to Mozambique in the South.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
28 Dec. 2025
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In fact, winning independence required a world war in all but name.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Entire offices were closed or gutted, including the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy; and the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, which dispatched officers to countries emerging from civil war.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Last December, armed rebels previously aligned with terror groups finally ousted Assad from power after a 14 year civil war.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The 76ers’ owner, Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment (HBSE), had been in a holy war with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and Comcast over building a standalone NBA arena in Center City.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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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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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Sep. 2024
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