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cold war

[kohld wawr] / ˈkoʊld ˈwɔr /
NOUN
enmity without hostilities
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
hot war


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Earth is just another front in the cold war of space.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky said he feared "a new cold war" between Europe and Russia in the coming decade, making reopening dialogue with Moscow essential.

From Barron's Feb. 14, 2026

This does not have to be an opening salvo in a cold war with your family and/or coded message to your sister.

From MarketWatch Nov. 27, 2025

The last time gender’s cold war erupted into a battle fought on such explicit terms was around 50 years ago.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2025

That was the year that the cold war ended, the year the Berlin Wall came down.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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