sabre-rattling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"This is not sabre-rattling. This is about consistently performing our mission and going out and demonstrating the full range of capabilities that the alliance has."
From Barron's
“Geographically, New Zealand is far from the war in Europe, the tinder-box that is the Middle East, the sabre-rattling in the South China Sea, and the domestic politics in the U.S.A.,”
From Barron's
Eritrea dismissed his comments as "reckless sabre-rattling", amid fears that relations between the two nations - who fought a border war that killed tens of thousand of people in the late 1990s - were once again deteriorating.
From BBC
Western leaders generally dismissed what they saw as nuclear sabre-rattling.
From BBC
Western leaders ignored what was widely interpreted at the time as nuclear sabre-rattling.
From BBC
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