at war
Example Sentences
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“We’re not at war right now,” he contended last Wednesday.
Thuyacontha said Sri Lanka told the Iranians that Sri Lanka would follow a 1907 treaty that says neutral parties should allow naval ships that are at war to dock only if there is emergency aboard.
He has embarrassingly conflated Iraq and Iran, and backpedaled on whether the U.S. is at war, but he has never shied away from a cable news hit.
From Salon
He has embarrassingly conflated Iraq and Iran, and backpedaled on whether the U.S. is at war, but he has never shied away from a cable news hit.
From Salon
Under the Second Geneva Convention, countries at war are required to take "all possible measures" to rescue wounded or shipwrecked sailors after a naval attack.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
