on speaking terms

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The report, citing unidentified sources, said the two had not been on speaking terms for "several weeks", with the Clippers believing Paul had become "disruptive."

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Unlike Oasis, the members are not currently on speaking terms, and have toured without original bassist Peter Hook since 2011.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025

Relations will most likely return to what they were between Argentina's current Peronist President Alberto Fernandez and Brazil's Bolsonaro, who were not on speaking terms, he said.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

No longer on speaking terms, Termendzhyan told their father at a birthday party for his mother the following year that he wanted out of the project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

She longed to know the green squirrel-like ratatoskas and gradually came to be on speaking terms with them, listening to their gossip.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell