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
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
She said she attend the event to "remember all those who lost their lives during the First World War and in subsequent conflicts".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to jail in 1918 for speaking out against the First World War.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025
Precious Angel's made of blown glass; she was a gift to my great-grandmother from a one-eyed Hungarian prince, so the story goes, at a ball in Vienna, just before the First World War.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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