war hawk
Example Sentences
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Unbelievable as it sounds, Turgidson was based on a real-life war hawk.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
“Warfare” wants to live in the dictionary shoehorned between war cry and war hawk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Rather than simply being less of a war hawk, she will shift the entire focus to peacemaking.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2019
Max Boot, a hard-line war hawk and self-declared “American imperialist,” lauded Clinton in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times in May.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2016
