Examples of hot war in a Sentence
fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
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The escalation between Hezbollah and Israel along the Lebanon-Israel border has surged into a hot war since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
This is an odd view of a man who directly enables genocide and foments hot wars with nuclear-armed Russia and China.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Nobody wants to start a hot war in the region but a strong international coalition funded by regional petro-dollars needs to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and completely isolate Iran economically.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024
Lukewarm statements that pretend as if there is no cold war perversely court a hot war.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
And thanks in part to policies instituted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—whom Trump backed—a hot war has broken out in the Middle East.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
And after a hot war gave way to the Cold War, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Chinese leader Mao Zedong negotiated a Sino-Soviet alliance that linked the two communist giants in their fight against the capitalist world.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
Under the rigors of a live, hot war, commercial products break down.
—Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
Russia’s war economy is looking pretty Soviet Russia’s hot war with Ukraine—which is boosting the former’s economy—is having some chilly callbacks to the Soviet Union’s longstanding detente with the United States, namely that state military spending is crowding out other forms of economic growth.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
This is an odd view of a man who directly enables genocide and foments hot wars with nuclear-armed Russia and China.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Nobody wants to start a hot war in the region but a strong international coalition funded by regional petro-dollars needs to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and completely isolate Iran economically.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024
Lukewarm statements that pretend as if there is no cold war perversely court a hot war.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
And thanks in part to policies instituted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—whom Trump backed—a hot war has broken out in the Middle East.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
And after a hot war gave way to the Cold War, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and Chinese leader Mao Zedong negotiated a Sino-Soviet alliance that linked the two communist giants in their fight against the capitalist world.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
Under the rigors of a live, hot war, commercial products break down.
—Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
Russia’s war economy is looking pretty Soviet Russia’s hot war with Ukraine—which is boosting the former’s economy—is having some chilly callbacks to the Soviet Union’s longstanding detente with the United States, namely that state military spending is crowding out other forms of economic growth.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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