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warring

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verb

present participle of war

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for warring
Adjective
  • Second, having quickly been identified by internet bloodhounds, the actual offending Polish paving magnate issued a belligerent non-apology.
    NEAL RUBIN, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Medvedev, a former president of Russia and an ally of incumbent President Vladimir Putin, has been known to make belligerent comments against the West, which have likely been approved by the Kremlin.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Harris discovered that being a good soldier doesn’t necessarily help when the vice president is contending for the highest elective office in the land.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the New York Knicks gear up for what could be a title-contending season in 2025-26, the head coach that led them to their most success this century was spotted several time zones away.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Like many menswear collections this season, his looks feature militaristic themes.
    Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly opposed the deal and opted for a militaristic approach to the Maduro regime.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More and more coaches are willing to chip pucks behind the defense and let their players chase it, using speed and tenacity to apply pressure and win possession back deep in opposing territory.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But lawyers opposing the government in at least two of the cases opposed the requests.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, a warlike species would probably just wipe us out.
    Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • His warlike actions in Iran, despite campaign promises to the contrary, blatantly bypassed the need to gain approval from the legislative branch of government.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The event, launched in 1982, celebrates the freedom to read and express ideas and emphasizes the importance of fighting censorship.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As such, the political and militant body – which has governed the territory since June 2007 – will need to be in a desperate situation to accept the terms.
    Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Trump’s peace plan has backed Hamas into a corner, leaving the militant group to face an existential dilemma.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Get a few friends together and form your own version of girl group HUNTR/X and spend your Halloween battling supernatural forces while maintaining your pop stardom.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • San Rafael, California — Whether battling a wildfire, chasing a suspect, or helping someone with a traumatic injury – the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and others who take action in emergencies regularly endure high levels of stress.
    Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Warring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warring. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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