war hawks

plural of war hawk
as in hawks
one who urges or attempts to cause a war war hawks in the cabinet who urged the President to respond to the threat with armed force

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hawks
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  • Advertisement The long-running free speech consensus upheld by left-leaning civil libertarians and conservative First Amendment hawks alike has been complicated by questions created by a once inconceivably powerful social media machine.
    John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Republicans are using the conferences and additional press calls to show that their party is united, having centrist lawmakers speak one day and then more conservative fiscal hawks the next.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
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“War hawks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/war%20hawks. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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