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Collins, a 9/11 truther and QAnon convert who sports a black MAGA hat and custom dental fangs, moved to rural Shawmut, Montana, in 2016 to build a bug-out — an off-grid fortress suitable for waiting out a plague or world war — and raise horses with his wife, Starla.
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Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
More than 40% of those questioned also said a world war will erupt in the coming 10 years, as more countries will acquire nuclear weapons.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Philip Noel-Baker’s legacy Eight more Olympics had taken place since Noel-Baker won his silver medal, the games interrupted by yet another world war.
—Amy Crawford, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026
The Islamist war on Christians in Africa is another front of this world war that stretches from Sudan in the north to Mozambique in the South.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
More than 40% of those questioned also said a world war will erupt in the coming 10 years, as more countries will acquire nuclear weapons.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Philip Noel-Baker’s legacy Eight more Olympics had taken place since Noel-Baker won his silver medal, the games interrupted by yet another world war.
—Amy Crawford, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026
The Islamist war on Christians in Africa is another front of this world war that stretches from Sudan in the north to Mozambique in the South.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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Per a source, that cold war continued through the offseason.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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And that means that if the hot war ends, but Iran ends up in another cold war, that would be as fatal to the regime as the continuation of the hot war.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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The water conflict had deep roots in the country's civil war, which pitted the military and Ladino elites against Mayan indigenous groups.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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That country is now in its fourth year of a civil war that has killed at least 59,000 people.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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By the conclusion of the second film, Paul had aligned with the native Fremen people of Arrakis to successfully defeat House Harkonnen and began a holy war against the Empire.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
14 Apr. 2026
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Some of these invocations align with Hegseth’s recurring references to the Crusades in the Middle Ages – a centuries-long holy war between Christians and Muslims.—
Samuel Perry,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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In contrast, China has made targeted investments intended to give it an advantage in a quick, limited war, while keeping its overall defense spending relatively modest: Beijing’s defense spending has risen from five percent of U.S. levels in 1995 to 32 percent in 2017.—
Oriana Skylar Mastro,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.—
Mike Brest,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Sep. 2024
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