Second World War
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Before the civil ceremony, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, “wearing the field-gray tunic of a Second World War Nazi officer, was not recognized” and prevented from entering the town hall, Norman wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
“Of course he also refers to the Second World War, and he does refer to Stalin—but not that much. Far more often he talks about the great Russian czars.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"In my opinion, Høybråten is the politician who has done the most for public health in Norway since the Second World War," said Wisløff.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
He described it as "a state visit for the ages, the most significant since his grandfather George VI's visit in 1939 on the eve of the Second World War".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
In these houses lived Jews, Irish, Germans, and some Spanish Civil War refugee families that had fled the new Franco regime before the onset of the Second World War.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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