iron curtain

Example Sentences

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“An iron curtain has descended across the Continent,” declared Winston Churchill, Britain’s prime minister during World War II, while visiting America in 1946.

From Literature

Even as Iran completes a digital iron curtain certain to further stymie research collaborations with the West, it’s encouraging its scientists to forge closer ties with China and Russia.

From Science Magazine

Less than a year after victory in World War II, Winston Churchill traveled to a small Missouri town and announced a turning point in history: an “iron curtain” had descended on Europe.

From Seattle Times

The mural, called "Morning is broken", shows a young boy opening curtains made of corrugated iron curtains alongside a cat.

From BBC

“They were not designed for a situation in which an iron curtain descends,” he said.

From New York Times