world war
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DST, which also helped conserve fuel during the first world war, was unpopular with farmers and was repealed after the war.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Under the veil of the Manhattan Project, this remote mesa became the site of a profound scientific pivot that ended a world war and ushered in the nuclear age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
For example, children born to mothers who endured famine in the Netherlands during the second world war were more likely to develop heart disease, type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia later in life.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Eliot theorized in his 1925 poem “The Hollow Men,” a bleak assessment of life after the first world war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Of course, it wasn’t known as World War I until the outbreak of a second world war in 1939.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
