at war
idiom
: engaged in a war : fighting
Local politicians were at war with one another over the vacant seat.
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As a young man at war, Kiniry kept a list of his outfit’s movements.
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Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 6 June 2024
That is the new reality in Ukraine, where the approach of summer has offered no respite for the country’s power grid, but has instead brought a return to the kind of energy crisis experienced during its first winter at war, a year and a half ago.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 5 June 2024
May 30, 2024 1:08 PM Capitol Alert Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff are at war over who’s the stronger Israel supporter.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
Mexico’s two major criminal syndicates — the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel — are at war in a conflict to secure drug- and migrant-smuggling corridors from neighboring Guatemala, across jungles, rivers and mountains.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 6 June 2024
That is the new reality in Ukraine, where the approach of summer has offered no respite for the country’s power grid, but has instead brought a return to the kind of energy crisis experienced during its first winter at war, a year and a half ago.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 5 June 2024
May 30, 2024 1:08 PM Capitol Alert Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff are at war over who’s the stronger Israel supporter.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
Mexico’s two major criminal syndicates — the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel — are at war in a conflict to secure drug- and migrant-smuggling corridors from neighboring Guatemala, across jungles, rivers and mountains.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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“At war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20war. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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