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Détente with Iraqi Kurdistan has gone hand in hand with a relaxation of tensions between Ankara and its own Kurdish population with which it had been warring for decades.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2010

Young in his knowledge of the people against whom he had been warring for eighteen months, the Intelligence officer was exceedingly puzzled at the strange anomaly presented by the Africander girl he had just left.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

Matthew Paris While Simon had been warring with Gascon rebels affairs in England had been going from bad to worse.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard

"You could not have struck harder than that if you had been warring against a strong man," she said gently.

From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr

They had been warring and quarreling; now they became loving and lived together in complete unity and agreement.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá