armistice
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The Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty in 1953, meaning North and South Korea remain technically at war.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Rothman all but declared the armistice a failure, urging Vice President J.D.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
A United Nations bus came to transport returnees past the so-called Yellow Line, an armistice boundary created after the ceasefire that separates portions of Gaza controlled by Hamas and Israel.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Other men who served in the Sudan included John French, the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France, and Douglas Haig, who succeeded him from December 1915 until the armistice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
The army now protested that it had never actually surrendered but had simply agreed to a cease-fire, and at the time of the armistice was still in possession of vast conquered territories.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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