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
But the pandemic of Spanish flu after the First World War killed around 50 million people worldwide.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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
He remained the rabbi of his community throughout the years of Russia’s participation in the First World War.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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