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Since the Second World War ended, the U.S. has been the global economic hegemon.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The county is still healing from the scars of 2021’s Caldor Fire, the inferno that blackened more than 221,000 acres and was fed by decades of dry timber and brush that hadn’t seen fire activity since the Second World War.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In September 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union jointly invaded Poland, touching off the Second World War in Europe.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
This took place before Dan was born, during the Second World War, when Dan’s mother was a child.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The county is still healing from the scars of 2021’s Caldor Fire, the inferno that blackened more than 221,000 acres and was fed by decades of dry timber and brush that hadn’t seen fire activity since the Second World War.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In September 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union jointly invaded Poland, touching off the Second World War in Europe.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
This took place before Dan was born, during the Second World War, when Dan’s mother was a child.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Second World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Second%20World%20War. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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