conflict

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However, since those first few weeks of the conflict, risk assets have rallied powerfully in expectation of some kind of negotiated compromise between the warring parties and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

In late March, the KOF Swiss Economic Institute warned that due to rising energy prices firms were already cutting investment, and said that while consumer spending had remained resilient, a prolonged conflict risked weakening demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Push conflict, drama and personality above all else and eventually no one will ask what it is exactly it is that you do beyond posting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

An additional complication is that the outbreak is taking place in a conflict zone, with a quarter of million people displaced from their homes and people moving across porous borders into neighbouring countries.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

It is a great mistake to assume...that there is a conflict in interest between different classes of citizens—certainly if comparative wealth is the basis of the classification.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson