war

"Our aim by increasing investment in national defence is not to provoke, rather, it is to deter war," President Lai Ching-te said in speech to celebrate Taiwan's National Day.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Startups’ emerging new tech, most of which has never been to war, has at times proven to be too brittle in real-world applications, soldiers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

They were either fighting a war on their own soil or had just come out of one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Believed to be the last surviving member of these Polish codebreakers, Ferdynand Stanislaw Vanke grew up in Krakow, but fled at the age of 16 when war arrived on his doorstep in 1939.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Jones said war was coming, and traveling to Southeast Asia would be dangerous.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

British energy giant Shell said Wednesday that its refining margins surged 75 percent in the third quarter compared with the second, as the Middle East and Ukraine wars hit supplies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

You need large numbers to win wars, which inherently means that armies can’t be elitist institutions.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Forget the controversy, the culture wars and the pink concept car," says Ginny Buckley of the electric car website Electrifying.com.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The two American-Israeli wars have killed many in Iran’s leadership, including Mr. Khamenei’s father and predecessor as supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, along with the younger Mr. Khamenei’s wife and one of his children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even if Madoc believes Balekin will give him the wars he wants, it seems as though he could have gotten those some other way.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

In the present, we’ve warred over a proposed gondola to carry Dodgers fans from Union Station to Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

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

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2025

Following Alexander’s death in 323 BCE, his generals warred with each other over control of the empire and eventually divided the vast territory among themselves.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 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

Fury and puzzlement warred within him, and he spoke.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

While “The Outsiders,” may feature two warring teen gangs, it’s all love an hour before the curtain rises on the L.A.-premiere stop of the national tour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

When “Digger” briefly strikes this resonant note, its warring aspects begin to coalesce, before Iñárritu strikes them with a shovel and breaks everything up again.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Key disagreements remain between the warring sides on issues such as territory and security guarantees for Ukraine.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg have also traveled abroad to speak with counterparts from both warring nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I felt a weird combination of confusion and hope warring in my chest.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon