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
“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 "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
