Todays word : 'Brinkmanship' from Cambridge online Dictionary

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    <span class="cald-hword">brinkmanship</span>   Show phonetics
    <span class="def-classification">noun</span> <span class="def-grammar"></span>
    <span class="cald-definition">the activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous:</span></p>

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    <span class="cald-example">The talks have collapsed and both sides have resorted to brinkmanship.</span>

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