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cease-fire

[sees-fahyuhr] / ˈsisˈfaɪər /
NOUN
a stop in fighting
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The on-again, off-again nature of negotiations about a lasting cease-fire in the Gulf has also made calculations harder.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

U.S. stock-index futures largely erased initial losses Sunday, after a massive tech selloff on Friday interrupted Wall Street’s two-month rally, and after new developments threatened the fragile cease-fire in the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, after a massive tech selloff on Friday interrupted Wall Street’s two-month rally, and after new developments threatened the fragile cease-fire in the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, after a massive tech selloff on Friday interrupted Wall Street’s two-month rally, and after new developments threatened the fragile cease-fire in the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But at this point, with only minor victories for the rebels, a cease-fire could only result in a return to our previous status.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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