holy war

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Recent Examples on the Web Contributors there continue to employ the language of holy war. Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024 But as the movie progresses, Lady Jessica increasingly serves only to deliver communiqués to Paul from his unborn sister, who seems way more concerned with his reluctance to start an interstellar holy war than, say, the development of her own limbs. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 In Herbert’s novel, and Denis Villeneuve's 2021 Dune, Paul is reluctant to kick off the holy war to end all holy wars. Max Evry, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024 American author and journalist Andy Ngo reported on X, formerly Twitter, about protesters at the Hizb ut-Tahrir rally who urged a Muslim holy war against the Jewish state. Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for holy war 

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“Holy war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20war. Accessed 14 Oct. 2024.

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