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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Howe's speech effectively marked the end of the phoney war and the start of the public campaign for votes.
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In the mild autumn of the phoney war , it was a prosperous and agreeable neighbourhood in which to live.
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It has been a phoney war .
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It is election year, and a phoney war is being waged between the two main parties.
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There is the negative peace of a phoney war or a balance of power, which is not peace at all.