They will be de facto in a state of war.

他们将会处于一场战争状态之中。

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Google is escalating that war today by making a big push to become the DE facto directory for local businesses on the Web.

Google今天通过一个大举动扩大了这场战役，使其变为事实上的本地商户网络索引目录。

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That step,he said, shows it is designed to absorb those areas into Russia, both de facto and de jure, which is why Russia started the war (in August), Utiashvili said.

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In many states education unions and bureaucrats are waging a de facto war against charter schools.

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First, a unilaterally declared Palestinian state will be in a de facto state of war with Israel.

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And so any state formed outside the framework of a peace treaty will be in a de facto state of war with Israel.

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