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Recent Examples of holy war
But as Paul starts to meet the prophetic expectations of his most fervent followers, there are signs of a holy war that could have terrible consequences.
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Scott Tobias, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Absolute Dominion takes place In the year 2063 AD, when the world faces catastrophe as zealots and extremists wage a global holy war in the name of spiritual superiority.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.
—Rozina Ali, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024
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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Scott Tobias, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Absolute Dominion takes place In the year 2063 AD, when the world faces catastrophe as zealots and extremists wage a global holy war in the name of spiritual superiority.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.
—Rozina Ali, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy war
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The camp is just around 30 miles away from the border with South Sudan, were a civil war and ethnic violence that began in 2013 led tens of thousands of people — many on foot — to flee to Uganda.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Beyond the Gulf, PepsiCo is in the early stages of re-entering the market in Syria, which emerged from a 13-year civil war in December, Willemsen said.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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But interviews for that profile were conducted weeks ago, and Puck first reported earlier this week that since then, Netflix struck a deal with AMC to show KPop Demon Hunters in its theaters — a sign of thawing relations between two companies that had been engaged in a cold war since around 2019.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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Since that gathering in March, what had been a cold war has gone hot.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 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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Freud's pessimism is exacerbated not only by the imminent world war, but also by painful and disfiguring oral cancer.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 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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“Holy war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20war. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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