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phony war
noun
- (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- (in peacetime) a contrived embattled atmosphere; mock war
Example Sentences
None of this phony war stuff in the media is going to permeate Scotland's bubble in any meaningful way.
Bombshells, blackholes and pledges - this morning’s announcements are part of a fiscal phony war ahead of the release of party manifestos in a fortnight.
He believes Vietnam was a phony war run by the Kremlin.
The U.S. military — an institution with a mixed record on racial equality — should close down this phony war by simply telling its own story with a full and open examination of the record.
Says ex-Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos: “There will be another breakout consumer app from a Chinese-aligned multinational and the Biden administration will have to assemble a cohesive strategy out of the wreckage of the Trump-TikTok phony war.”
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