settle differences
Example Sentences
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Ideally, it would be in Taiwan’s best interest if both sides backed off and found “reasoned ways” to settle differences, he said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022
With little time left ahead of a deadline to agree to a renewed Nafta trade deal, Canadian and US officials on Sunday tried to settle differences on tough issues such as protection against US tariffs.
From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2018
Jones, a powerful owner who has increasingly tried to influence league matters, has emerged as an erratic insurgent among owners who prize order and typically settle differences amicably behind closed doors.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017
A third reader can step in to settle differences.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2016
I believe they will choose the latter course; that is to say, they will continue to co-operate between themselves instead of fighting between themselves; they will settle differences by discussion, adjustment, not force.
From Peace Theories and the Balkan War by Angell, Norman