cold warrior
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A committed cold warrior, he wrote for The Wall Street Journal about military affairs.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022
Army cold warrior 45 years ago, briefly based in what was then West Germany, I aimed to make some sense of the vast changes in Europe since the Soviet Union’s collapse.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2015
Another cold warrior, Richard M. Nixon, got the country out of the Vietnam War and also cut deals with the Soviets, including an accord that reduced both nations’ stockpile of nuclear missiles.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2014
His reputation as a liberal cold warrior, however, does not do justice to the challenge that his blend of Calvinism and historical awareness offers to American political culture.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2011
But in ten minutes he was following home the unapproachable, silent, cold warrior.
From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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