First World War
Americannoun
noun
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A French machine-gun officer in the trenches during the First World War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
There was a perceived superiority of the British Home Championship, fallouts over player payments, and a reluctance to play other European teams following the First World War.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The region once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire but was ceded to Italy as part of a First World War settlement.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
As the poet William Butler Yeats observed after the end of the First World War, the center is not holding, while the best lack all conviction.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2025
His beloved first wife died early, in 1909, and the younger of his two sons was killed in the First World War.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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