Gulf War

American  

noun

1. a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

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Gulf War British  

noun

1. the war (1991) between US-led UN forces and Iraq, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

2. See Iran-Iraq War

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Gulf War

She introduced “Cut Piece” by noting that in Ono’s six performances over a half-century, the last in 2003 in response to the Gulf War, anger had turned into something more gracious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Later dubbed "quantitative easing", such upheavals included the 1980s savings and loan crisis, the first Gulf War, the Mexican peso crisis and - shortly after he had retired - the global credit crisis in 2008.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

In 1990-91 the Fed initially looked through the Gulf War oil shock.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Initially, the Cable News Network struggled to draw viewers, but that changed with the Persian Gulf War, when Turner’s investment in international journalism paid off.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

There had been enough distance from the hostage crisis of the seventies, and the Gulf War of the early nineties.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi