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Recent Examples of holy war
Get ready for a 17-year time jump, as Timothée Chalamet's older, more jaded Paul Atreides continues to wrestle with holy war, his messianic status, and the fallout from opting to marry Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh) rather than his Fremen girlfriend Chani (Zendaya).
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Huffman is eager to find out more about claims that the military is promoting its operation in Iran as a holy war.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
And now religion has raised its ugly head in addresses to American troops about the conflict in Iran being a holy war and part of God’s plan.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Huffman is eager to find out more about claims that the military is promoting its operation in Iran as a holy war.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
And now religion has raised its ugly head in addresses to American troops about the conflict in Iran being a holy war and part of God’s plan.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy war
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Season three is cashing in on all the teasing and finally giving us the Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war that brings Westeros to its knees, in all its bloody and fiery glory.—
Nic Juarez,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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The sentence handed down by the District Court of The Hague is the latest against Syrian suspects in different countries since Assad was toppled from power in a decisive rebel offensive in December 2024 that followed years of grinding civil war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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The report, based on in-depth interviews with single-family office principals and CIOs across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America, captures a generational cold war playing out inside the world’s most secretive financial institutions.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Ahead of season 3, EW has launched three motion covers, each one starring a contender for the crown — as the show's cold war escalates into literal dragon fire.—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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Horkheimer, amid the wreckage of world war, lost faith in progress; his dialectic negated one construct after another.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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What the fear-itself speech heralded, then, was a fresh formulation of the American project rather than its demise, reimagining it for the challenges of economic upheaval and, eventually, world war.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
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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 18 Jun. 2026.
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