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Examples of war footing in a Sentence
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Russian planners may also have assumed that Ukraine’s forces would not be ready because the Ukrainian government did not move to a war footing until a few weeks before the invasion.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023
The debate has grown more fierce since Israel launched its invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ October 7 terror attack, which has put the country on a war footing for nearly six months with the prospect of more to come.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Renault has become the latest EV group to place itself on a war footing with Chinese Tesla-killer BYD, and the French carmaker’s boss is harking back to the 1940s for a plan to help Europe’s carmakers fight off rising threats from the Far East.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 21 Mar. 2024
Earlier Monday, Blinken had been rushed to a bunker by his diplomatic security service agents for several minutes after rocket sirens went off in Tel Aviv, punctuating the war footing the area is on.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
Advocating environmentalist war footing while downplaying the much greater consequences of a much deadlier possible catastrophe is a poor response to both.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
Meanwhile, Houchen -- who supports Sunak -- is calling for the new prime minister to put the government on a war footing over the cost of living, with pandemic-style daily press conferences and a huge economic package comparable to the furlough program to prevent households from going under.
—Alex Wickham, Bloomberg.com, 13 Aug. 2022
The war footing considerations also run to the low-tech, as SHAPE advises member states of the need to do things like invest in their old train tracks and roads.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2023
As Moscow remained on its war footing, regions across Ukraine on Friday continued to experience emergency power outages following the latest series of Russian airstrikes on Thursday.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1800, in the meaning defined above
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“War footing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20footing. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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