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Krieg

American  
[kreek, kreeg] / krik, krig /

noun

German.
  • Kriege,
    plural
  • Kriegs
    plural
  1. war.


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Andreas Krieg, a security expert at King's College London, said: "A simultaneous crisis at Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb would produce a much larger shock than either blockade alone".

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

"This is highly significant symbolically, even if the physical damage appears limited," according to Andreas Krieg, a security expert at King's College London, who described it as "both a major escalation and a warning shot".

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Dr Andreas Krieg, a security expert from King's College London, told BBC Verify the fibre-optics render Israel's capacity to detect, jam and intercept drones "largely irrelevant" and makes finding the operator significantly more challenging.

From BBC May 16, 2026

“A drone a day keeps Gulf stability at bay,” said Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King’s College London.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

The German, inverting the process, turns to hisdictionary, and finds Der Krieg ist ein grosses Uebel.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

I do not know what they think of the article of Thomas Mann which appeared in the November number of the Neue Rundschau: "Gedanken im Kriege."

From Above the Battle by Romain Rolland

Robert Kriege of Buffalo reported to us that beaver are not restricted to wooded areas, but frequently inhabit streams and more or less permanent impoundments bordered by grassland.

From Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota by Kenneth W. Andersen

Even now Prussian Pecksniffs like Herr Ernst Marré, whose pamphlet, Die Türken und Wir nach dem Kriege, was published in 1916, continue to insist that Germany is nobly devoting herself to the well-being of Turkey.

From Crescent and Iron Cross by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

Director Kriege told Mr. Jackson that a written communication in which the substance of the foregoing would be contained, would soon to be made to the Embassy.

From My Four Years in Germany by James W. (James Watson) Gerard

In 1868 a private training-college for kindergartners was opened in Boston, largely through Miss Peabody's influence, by Madame Matilde Kriege and her daughter, who had recently arrived from Germany.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley

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