Example Sentences

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In his first term, he warred incessantly with public sector unions.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2025

Patel has warred against the FBI for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

U.S. oil prices hit their lowest this year overnight as concerns over Chinese demand warred with talk of possible OPEC+ output cuts.

From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2022

They also warred with one another, however, with the Ptolemies and the Seleucids emerging as particularly bitter rivals, frequently fighting over the territories that divided their empires.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

She was in the air, and the dreamlike unreality of floating warred with the gruesome truth beneath her.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor