as in to clash (with)
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Those will be difficult headwinds for Whatley to combat, Bitzer and Roberts both said, especially since members of the sitting president’s party already tend to be at a disadvantage in competitive midterm elections.—
Mary Ramsey
April 9,
Charlotte Observer,
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The strikes also threatened to intensify a burgeoning humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, where a fifth of the population has been forced to flee their homes as a result of an Israeli ground offensive that Israel argues is necessary to combat Hezbollah.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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“War (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/war%20%28with%29. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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