cessation

“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

To Modi's call for a cessation of hostilities, the Kremlin leader replied:

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The text of the agreement also calls for the permanent cessation of the conflict and for Lebanon's territorial integrity and sovereignty to be ensured.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The joint statement said the ceasefire was "contingent on a complete cessation" of fire by Hezbollah as well as evacuation of the group's operatives from southern Lebanon.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

With the cessation of lactation the female reenters somer and becomes once more a perfect androgyne.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

In the mean time, the tree did not always groan; sometimes disappointing its visitants; yet no cause could be assigned for its temporary cessations, either from seasons, or weather.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 554, June 30, 1832 by Various