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a a state or period of fighting between groups of people in the same country
a region that has had many civil wars
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Recent Examples of civil war
Some politicians are even speaking about civil war publicly.
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Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
There is a millenarian energy in the air, a wild hope for change that veers easily into the fear of civil war.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
And then, Charles Bethea reports on the people making plans for surviving a civil war.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Their arrival was like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire—igniting a brutal fifteen-year civil war that devastated the country.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
There is a millenarian energy in the air, a wild hope for change that veers easily into the fear of civil war.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
And then, Charles Bethea reports on the people making plans for surviving a civil war.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Their arrival was like pouring gasoline on a smoldering fire—igniting a brutal fifteen-year civil war that devastated the country.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civil war
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The people who are tired of the war are the people in Ukraine.Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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The federal deficit could wind up at 6.8% of GDP by the end of 2026, which would be unprecedented for the U.S. outside of wars, severe recession or the recent COVID-19 pandemic.JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Second, a worry is that if countries try to keep their AI close to the vest, this will in turn start a new kind of cold war.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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It’s generally agreed by the Housewives consuming public that this current iteration of Real Housewives of New Jersey — with Team Teresa and Team Melissa in a cold war and everyone playing their stories out in the press rather than in dramatic dinner scenes — is not sustainable.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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Phew, no world war, and lucky McGee got to wear a comfy hoodie in the office for the crisis.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because, choosing between some promises and the possibility of starting a third world war—the choice is still quite obvious.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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As the neighborhood demographics have changed, park usage has often become a point of conflict.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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The attorneys argued that the development conflicts with the city's future planning ordinance, known as the comprehensive plan.John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Justice Department said Aman wanted to join ISIS to engage in a holy war, or jihad, in Syria.Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document by John Bidwell Rozina Ali God’s Directive After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
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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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In this scenario, which may already be coming to fruition, the meager hope is that the conflict transforms into simply a more limited war.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Civil war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20war. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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