domino theory
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Finally, I stopped believing in the domino theory long ago.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
This belief—that the neighbors of communist countries would in turn become communist themselves—is known as the domino theory.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Wells said he and his fellow midshipmen saw the Vietnam War in terms of the domino theory regarding communism in southeast Asia.
From Washington Times ● May 20, 2017
It was the domino theory of the refrigerator.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013
Brew said the same thing about the domino theory.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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