iron curtain
Example Sentences
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“They were not designed for a situation in which an iron curtain descends,” he said.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2023
“When it comes to producing, there’s been a real iron curtain — a lot of withholding information, a lack of mentorship and an amount of gatekeeping,” adds Sussman.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022
“As soon as we saw this iron curtain descend again, we thought: What can we do to save ExoMars?”
From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2022
"If there is a new iron curtain, we do not want to be behind it," he said, referring to the Western term for a dividing line between eastern and western Europe during the Cold War.
From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022
A twenty-six-year-old pilot stationed at Turner Air Force Base in Georgia, Powers was trained to deliver atomic bombs behind the iron curtain.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
