How to Use World War III in a Sentence

World War III

noun
  • This may lead to the breaking out of World War III, and the whole world will suffer.
    — Scott Tong, NPR, 11 June 2026
  • Up next for the AI, is a plan that could plunge the globe into World War III.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This did not throw the planet into World War III or regional chaos.
    — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026
  • After receiving a jolt from above, EDI goes rogue and risks starting World War III.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Social media doesn’t help by simply mocking all this serious political unrest with memes joking about World War III.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And let’s not get started on neighborhood historic preservation gatekeepers where, say, using the wrong balusters on your porch can set off World War III with your neighbors.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Trump and the gutless GOP Congress may be leading America into World War III.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • On the other hand, his jumpstart of World War III has commenced, causing the stock market to tank, oil prices to go through the roof and a level of anxiety gripping the nation as never before.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Szijjártó cautioned that a showdown between NATO and Russia could spark World War III.
    — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • At the very least, Darren Star should confirm that Carrie would absolutely use World War III as an excuse to call The Russian.
    — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The first half of the film is essentially a political thriller—shades of 1974’s The Parallax View and similar films—as global tensions have the world teetering on the brink of World War III.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2026
  • In 2017, for instance, prosecutors in Contra Costa overcame an insanity defense by William Shultz, who murdered a 9-year-old Discovery Bay boy during a sleepover and blamed it on a delusion about an impending World War III.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026

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