Sentence examples for declared a war from inspiring English sources

Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs" in 1971.

[LAPD chief] Daryl Gates had declared a war on gangs.

"It's clear now that the President has declared a war on coal," Manchin said last year.

Mr Kibaki declared a war on corruption, and his first shots told.

LAST week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks.

"It's like someone has declared a war on us," he wrote.

Nine days later, George W. Bush declared a "war on terror".

Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, replaced the interior minister and police chief and declared a "war against terrorists".

The Obama administration declared a war on childhood obesity, getting legislation passed to keep junk food out of public schools.

It's as if the Women's Christian Temperance Union had sprouted a new head and declared a war on dieting.

About 60,000 Mexicans have died since the current President Felipe Calderón declared a war on drug cartels in 2006.