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Jeff Bridges reprises his series role as Kevin Flynn, the guy who created this alter-tech world war.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Maybe not something drastic like a world war, slavery or the Holocaust, but there’s always shady s–t going on.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2025
By the late 1930s, the United States was unprepared for the scale of airpower a world war would demand.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Directed by Ron Howard, the thriller tells the real-life tale of what became known as the Galapagos Affair, wherein a group of eight Europeans, disillusioned by the onset of fascism and a looming world war, settled on the uninhabited island of Floreana in 1929.
—EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Maybe not something drastic like a world war, slavery or the Holocaust, but there’s always shady s–t going on.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2025
By the late 1930s, the United States was unprepared for the scale of airpower a world war would demand.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Directed by Ron Howard, the thriller tells the real-life tale of what became known as the Galapagos Affair, wherein a group of eight Europeans, disillusioned by the onset of fascism and a looming world war, settled on the uninhabited island of Floreana in 1929.
—EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world war
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But the fallout lasted years, beginning Murphy's cold war with the show.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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Straubel founded Redwood Materials in 2017, which is rapidly expanding and has grown into the United States’ first line of defense for recycling critical minerals in the potential supply-chain cold war with China—now at a temporary truce.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
27 Nov. 2025
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Syria’s horrific civil war killed more than 500,000 people over a 14-year period starting in 2011.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Sudan’s civil war has raged past the 1,000-day milestone with 150,000 people reportedly killed and more than 13 million displaced.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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This may not be surprising to some, but the holy war of words playing out in Mayor Mamdani’s new backyard is partly coming from mothers who not long ago held squarely centrist or even liberal beliefs.—
Hannah Seligson,
Vanity Fair,
9 Jan. 2026
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The 76ers’ owner, Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment (HBSE), had been in a holy war with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and Comcast over building a standalone NBA arena in Center City.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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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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“World war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20war. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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