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Recent Examples of limited war
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.
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Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
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
Western policymakers in Washington also believe that Iran is relatively satisfied with the more limited war’s outcome so far: The Hamas attacks seriously undermined diplomacy meant to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
But the fight to capture it risks putting Israel on a collision course with the Biden administration, which has called on Israel to minimize civilian casualties and ease humanitarian deprivation in Gaza, and to hew to a more limited war aim of expelling Hamas from power.
—Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
Many scholars panned the book, believing its 34-year-old author had overestimated the nation’s ability to keep limited war limited.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
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
Western policymakers in Washington also believe that Iran is relatively satisfied with the more limited war’s outcome so far: The Hamas attacks seriously undermined diplomacy meant to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
But the fight to capture it risks putting Israel on a collision course with the Biden administration, which has called on Israel to minimize civilian casualties and ease humanitarian deprivation in Gaza, and to hew to a more limited war aim of expelling Hamas from power.
—Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
Many scholars panned the book, believing its 34-year-old author had overestimated the nation’s ability to keep limited war limited.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
And as always, there’s no guarantee that a limited war would stay limited.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limited war
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When Klara ends up in the local hospital’s anorexic ward, David and Laura must resort to even more desperate measures, which paradoxically help thaw out their own emotional cold war.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Nicki Minaj and Cardi’s confusing cold war sparked tributary disputes with Ice Spice, JT from the City Girls, and Boston’s Bia.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two world wars attest to the need for a healthy, democratic Europe.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Maybe not something drastic like a world war, slavery or the Holocaust, but there’s always shady s–t going on.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2025
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The complex and brutal civil war in her country killed thousands.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Ambassador Barbara Leaf, who served as assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, visited Damascus and met with Shara in December, becoming the highest-ranking official to meet with Syrian leadership since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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While Tedesco calls for a holy war in response to the attack, Benitez takes a different approach, declaring that violence should not be met with more violence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Limited war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limited%20war. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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