iron curtain
Example Sentences
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“They were not designed for a situation in which an iron curtain descends,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
“As soon as we saw this iron curtain descend again, we thought: What can we do to save ExoMars?”
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 28, 2022
"If there is a new iron curtain, we do not want to be behind it," he said, referring to the Western term for a dividing line between eastern and western Europe during the Cold War.
From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2022
“I think we’re in danger of seeing a financial iron curtain being reestablished,” said Jim Krane, a research fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
The country is all closed up, just like this place called Berlin, where an iron curtain has come down that keeps people from going in or getting out.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
