First World War
Americannoun
noun
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Matthews was born during the First World War and would remarkably continue playing for another nine years after his award, retiring aged 50.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
"The experience of the First World War showed just how dreadful modern war is… And the idea that war could be glamorous never really came back after that."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
Most children brought up in Brooklyn before the First World War remember Thanksgiving Day there with a peculiar tenderness.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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