prewar

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Oil prices are above prewar levels of less than $70.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Gen. Sherman Miles, chief of America’s Military Intelligence Division in 1941, later called prewar America a “country loath to admit the danger it faced.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“The market is more vulnerable now than it was prewar, given the significant inventory drawdowns we have seen over the last 3 months,” he added.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

When the regime promises to return tanker traffic to prewar levels, it means under that new status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Soon there were more and more people looking for space as Jews returned to the city to search for their families and try to reclaim their homes and their prewar lives.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson