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cold wars

  • plural
    of cold war.
    cold war
    noun
    Usually the Cold War the rivalry after World War II between the Soviet Union and its satellites on the one hand, and the United States and other Western democracies on the other: waged on many fronts including economic, political, educational, scientific, and military.

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The thing about cold wars is that you don’t want them to escalate.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023

New cold wars and hot wars will make no sense whatsoever in such a future.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022

This is not to say previous generations didn’t have their own crosses to bear: World wars, cold wars, depressions, Vietnam, social upheaval.

From Washington Times ● May 16, 2018

I didn’t put him in the Kremlin either, but we have what we have, and these guys must have a serious dialog about tamping down these cold wars, which means cooperating on various fronts.

From Slate ● May 30, 2017

So what if I can speak firsthand about the Spanish flu, the advent of the automobile, world wars, cold wars, guerrilla wars, and Sputnik—that’s all ancient history now.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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