News overview 2025

Exclude

not include

Crucial

extremely important

Martial law

type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended

Dozen

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Vessel

a ship or large boat

Hostility

unfriendliness; hatred

Detain

to keep someone in an official place

Peacekeeping

intended to help stop people fighting and prevent war or violence in a place where this is likely

Ahead

futher forward in a space or time

Swathe

a long piece of land

Ravage

to destroy

Halt

to stop

Vital

necessary or essential to life

Ceasefire

agreement between two armies or groups to stop fighting

Dismantle

to take apart

Recession

period of reduced economic activity

Notion

an idea, a belief or an understanding of something

Divergence

the act of splitting off into different directions

Bullish

feeling confident and positive about the future

Inheritance

money or property that is left to you after someone dies

Pledge

to formally promise to give or do sth

Endure

to experience and deal with something that is painful or unpleasant without giving up

Pariah

a person who is rejected (from society or home)

Pile

a number of things that have been placed on top of each other

Stall

to stop suddenly because of a problem

Detention

the state of being kept in a place, especially a prison, and prevented from leaving

Espionage

the activity of spying

revive

to become conscious; wake up

plunge

to move or make somebody/something move suddenly forwards and/or downwards

mainland

main part of a country or territory

strain

pressure on a system or relationship because great demands are being placed on it

plea

a serious emotional request, especially for something needing action now

retaliate

(v.) to get revenge; to strike back for an injury

exemption

official permission not to do something or pay something that you would normally have to do or pay

incoherent

unable to express yourself clearly or fluently

loopholes

a mistake in the way a law, contract, etc. has been written that enables people to legally avoid doing something that the law, contract, etc. had intended them to do

outlet

a place through which products are sold

Arbitrage

The practice of buying and selling equivalent goods to take advantage of a price difference

via

through a place

solely

only

hefty

large, heavy, and powerful

revenue

An increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business

deputy

one chosen to help or take the place of another or to act in that person's absence

resilient

quick to recover

retail

A business that sells goods or services directly to the public.

Overtaken

to become greater in number

levy

to impose a tax upon

reckless

careless

forecast

to predict

disposable

available for use