all-out

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The U.S. and Iran “continue to seek to avoid a return to all-out war and are preserving space for continued negotiations,” Evercore ISI analysts led by Sarah Bianchi said in a note Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

She said she hoped that education, training and the expansion of legal places to ride would prevent an all-out ban on e-motos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But neither side seems to regard the sort of tit for tat exchanges we have seen this week as marking a return to all-out war.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

President Xi Jinping urged "all-out efforts" to treat the injured and called for thorough investigations into the incident, according to Xinhua.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Next thing I knew, the five of us were having an all-out sock war.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan