go to war
Example Sentences
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Sure, many other countries go to war with similar motives, fantasizing the conflicts are about freedom or religion or whatever.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Adam was prepared to go "to war" to protect the AI.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
If this is true, why did he go to war in late February?
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026
As it was, he did go to war, and when he returned, his childhood sweetheart had married someone else.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
