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diplomacy

[dih-ploh-muh-see] / dɪˈploʊ mə si /


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“The direction of travel is now more uncertain, and the next few days will be critical in determining whether diplomacy can reassert itself or whether the conflict moves into a more sustained escalation cycle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Conventional logic would suggest that Iran should avoid actions that could endanger diplomacy.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Minseon Ku, a diplomacy professor at DePaul University, told AFP that "Beijing probably has accepted North Korea as a nuclear state", but Xi "will probably tell Kim that China wants stability more than anything".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Bypassing it takes time, money and delicate cross-border diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

In a town like this, where everyone lived on top of everyone else, diplomacy was essential.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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