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- adjective Alternative form of
war-torn .
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Examples
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Growing up in wartorn Serbia, Ivanovic would hone her game in the wintertime at a club with an Olympic pool.
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Growing up in wartorn Serbia, Ivanovic would hone her game in the wintertime at a club with an Olympic pool. french | | Comment | Recommend
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He's not entirely eye candy but he can definitely play a wartorn hero.
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Southern Sudan's dilapidated archives need major restoration to record the nation's wartorn history and guide it to a better future
Sudan: problem of preserving the past Maggie Fick 2010
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China pledged further investments in wartorn Sudan's oil and gas reserves at the start of a state visit to Beijing by President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
What's News— 2011
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China pledged further investments in wartorn Sudan's oil and gas reserves at the start of a state visit to Beijing by President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
What's News— 2011
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Within that parameter, Clinton and Ambasador Holbrooke directed a peacekeeping operation, followed by the Dayton Accords, to bring peace to wartorn Bosnia in the mid-1990s.
Jamie Stiehm: The Vietnam War Ghost: Does It Still Live in Obama's White House? Jamie Stiehm 2011
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Heading the list was Angola, transformed by the oil boom from a wartorn wreck into the world's fastest-growing nation.
It's time the world listened to new stories out of Africa | Ian Birrell 2011
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Within that parameter, Clinton and Ambasador Holbrooke directed a peacekeeping operation, followed by the Dayton Accords, to bring peace to wartorn Bosnia in the mid-1990s.
Jamie Stiehm: The Vietnam War Ghost: Does It Still Live in Obama's White House? Jamie Stiehm 2011
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China pledged further investments in wartorn Sudan's oil and gas reserves at the start of a state visit to Beijing by President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
What's News— 2011
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