Iran, however, held the advantage in the war of attrition.
Fight the war of attrition until one side is down and out.
The war of attrition then focused on another resource: human lives.
It believed the war of attrition must come to its end.
We are in a war of attrition, someone was saying to me the other day.
Chinese leaders have been forced to acknowledge that they face a long war of attrition.
There will be no major battles, but a long war of attrition.
But they were brought down through a bloody political war of attrition.
This war of attrition ended in 1739, when agreement was reached between the two sides.
This is turning into a war of attrition, she thought.