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warring

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verb

present participle of war

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for warring
Adjective
  • 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
  • This Mary is horny, drunk, and completely belligerent about her dream of being a cabaret star.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tonight's game is one of the biggest in the early going, as both teams have visions of going deep into the playoffs and contending for the Super Bowl this season.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Fortunately for the Mets, most of the National League’s playoff-contending teams are flawed, too.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But actually, making movies is a strange mixture of poetry and being a general, militaristic.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Solid, strong guys with militaristic countenances.
    River Selby August 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Wednesday nights are for watching tape on third downs at a variety of distances and taking more notes about pressure packages and the front structures opposing defenses prefer.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This season, opposing defenses have blitzed the Hawks nearly 50% of the time, resulting in four of Robertson’s five interceptions.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 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
  • The approximate number of Americans who died fighting the Nazis in World War II.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Proctor also investigated the Walshe case and other criminal cases in Norfolk County and those defense attorneys are fighting to get information from Proctor’s phone backup archives that could exonerate their clients.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • News publishers are battling some AI firms in court, with The New York Times engaged in litigation against OpenAI over claims that its articles were used without permission.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Three Colleyville firefighters are recovering from injuries sustained while battling a blaze late Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Warring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warring. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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