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sabre-rattling
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sabre-rattling
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(Military) Informal seeking to intimidate by an aggressive display of military power
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But my sense is they're trying to get renewed attention through saber-rattling and bluster and threats," said spokesman Robert Gibbs.
US: North Korea won't get attention it 'craves' by AFP / AFP American Edition
The change is significant for China, whose saber-rattling against Taiwan once made the 160-kilometer-wide strait separating the island from the mainland one of Asia's oldest and most dangerous flashpoints.
China being pragmatic by not strong-arming Taiwan on unification: Ma by Asian Economic News
Hoar writes like a saber-rattling neo-con who is upset that USAF hasn't bombed North Korea yet.
Sounding like a bomb lobber by Reynolds, Kenneth / The New American
 
 
 
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