cessation

The main diplomatic effort is being led by the AU, which has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a return to direct talks.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“For us here in the region, while we prefer a stalemate over war, we prefer a permanent cessation of hostilities over a stalemate,” the senior Gulf official said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

In June, the US and Iran announced a preliminary deal aimed at ending their conflict, which included a cessation of the violence in Lebanon.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Washington had said the cessation in fighting was aimed at kickstarting a new round of negotiations, including over the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we’d learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations last week had resulted in an agreement to create tentative cessations of fighting along “green” humanitarian corridors to facilitate civilian evacuations.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2022

During cessations of hostilities in the 1980s and 1990s, standard immunizations reached children in countries including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon, and Sudan.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 26, 2021

Sleep apnea is a term that’s used broadly to describe cessations of breath during sleep.

From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2017

But their efforts have brought no lasting truce to Syria, only brief cessations of hostility that have ended, usually, when Syrian troops go on the attack.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2016

Immediately after the cessations of the functions of life, putrefaction appeared and progressed with great rapidity.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin