Civil War

Example Sentences

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A Republican in attendance, Senator Thom Tillis, echoed her, noting that the US and Europe were not in a "civil war".

From BBC

Marshall brokered a cease-fire between a dismayed Chiang and gleeful Communists in January 1946: It was meant to last for two weeks but “became a four-month truce that changed the course of the civil war.”

From The Wall Street Journal

On the security front, Africa's failure to resolve the civil war in Sudan, triggering what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis, could be seen as an example of this, Opalo added.

From BBC

She said the sport was in a "state of severe crisis", adding: "It's a civil war and we really can't continue in this way."

From BBC

His supporters credit him with reconciling the country reviving Tajik culture after the civil war and decades of Soviet rule.

From Barron's