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China has been less affected by the global energy shock from the Iran war than many other countries, which face inflationary pressures as as oil prices have surged due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped in peacetime.
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ABC News,
30 May 2026
To conflate the two in public, alongside Xi, is to tell Beijing that one of the most aggressive components of its peacetime posture against the United States carries no political price.
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Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
18 May 2026
Now in peacetime and with a new set of actors, the time had come to bury the hatchet and settle the issue between once and for all.
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Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Iran wants to persuade Oman to support a mechanism to collect tolls from vessels passing through the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil flows in peacetime, according to a regional official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.
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Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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ABC News,
30 May 2026
To conflate the two in public, alongside Xi, is to tell Beijing that one of the most aggressive components of its peacetime posture against the United States carries no political price.
—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
18 May 2026
Now in peacetime and with a new set of actors, the time had come to bury the hatchet and settle the issue between once and for all.
—
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Iran wants to persuade Oman to support a mechanism to collect tolls from vessels passing through the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil flows in peacetime, according to a regional official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.
—
Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacetime
peace
Noun
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Corlys is below deck on The Queen Who Never Was, telling a defiant Alyn about Rhaenyra’s new plan for peace, when the alarms sound.
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Chait narrowly averted a three-union strike in April with agreements that restored labor peace — but left critics questioning whether the school system could afford the pact, and whether Carvalho would have held out for a more affordable deal.
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