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That’s up from 4% at the start of the Iran war six months ago.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

After the second world war, sugar remained rationed in Britain for several years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

DOHA, Qatar—Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport fell 30% in the second quarter from the first as the Iran war disrupted Gulf aviation, though volumes recovered sharply through the period as airlines gradually restored capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

While obvious differences exist between a shooting war in Iran and a trade dispute with Canada, the lessons are not dissimilar.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

I would close my eyes, and try to imagine myself out in the jungle away from everything that was going on, far from the war and all this unhappiness.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Still, even trade wars waged for silly reasons can have real consequences.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Developments since 2011 mirror this pattern of lower revenue from tax cuts and unexpected economic disruptions coupled with higher spending for wars and safety net programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Ongoing trade wars, even if limited in scope, make it harder to get prices under control.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Born three years before the Titanic disaster and eight years before the Russian Revolution, Caterham has also lived through two world wars.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

"I have been in seven wars and four revolutions," the count said.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

In his first term, he warred incessantly with public sector unions.

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2025

Then, two titanic egos — Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis and railroad baron Henry Huntington — warred through their proxies in Congress, Huntington wanting the harbor in Santa Monica, and Otis in San Pedro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

U.S. oil prices hit their lowest this year overnight as concerns over Chinese demand warred with talk of possible OPEC+ output cuts.

From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2022

They had warred in private over differences about how to spend the money in areas like transit and broadband, and how to pay for the spending.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021

Long before apartheid existed these tribal factions clashed and warred with one another.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Speaking on CNBC, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal between the warring parties could be reached Tuesday or Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The move ramps up a conflict between warring factions in Silicon Valley over how to regulate the transformative technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

His people are ancient and few, a clan whose kinship with nature left them vulnerable to warring nobles who all but wiped them out.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Tedros has urged warring factions to stop the fighting.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

But while Washington attempted to transcend the ideological wars of the 1790s, Burr seemed disposed to tunnel beneath the warring camps, then pop up on the side promising him the bigger tribute.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis