war
noun
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I shall be told that I am warring against art.
From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George