compromise
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But even compromise is getting a bad name these days.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
But it may be too soon for such efforts at compromise to make an impact this election.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
He tried to find areas of compromise with Ms. Hunt, a member of the faculty at the University of Dallas, a Catholic institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The group was able to achieve a compromise, but it never saw the light of day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
She would not compromise her dignity, and shrieked at us so that we might know it.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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It was only after having that conversation that I realised the compromises I was making for my career at the cost of my own health.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Juliette Landry, a researcher at French sustainable development think tank IDDRI, recalled that before the recent political "disaster", Latin American and Caribbean countries were "very ambitious" participants that sought compromises at the 2022 biodiversity summit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Understanding these compromises could also lead to improvements in aviation technology, particularly drones and other robotic aircraft that use flapping wings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Both Samsung and Google pack dedicated triple-camera setups or ultra-high megapixel sensors into their foldables, whereas Apple makes modest hardware compromises on its camera array to keep the Duo thin and lightweight.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He mediated between demigods, listened to all sides of an argument, found compromises.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Binance has said that the breach may have involved “a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop” that allowed the attacker to “submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Our initial investigation suggested that the security incident may have involved a compromised laptop, however our subsequent investigation has uncovered additional points of breach,” it said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Separately, Polymarket said on social media that it had temporarily halted trading on its international platform after one of its third-party providers was compromised.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
In 2024, a new board of directors at Windrush found "the company's current financial position has been compromised through an outflow of funds to former directors and companies under their control".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
I was aware that they had heard rumors that I had strayed from the organization, that I was compromised, so at every turn I sought to reassure them.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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And he has done so without compromising his mission, at least so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
“It just became harder to justify staying for all the responsible adult reasons,” he told me, when it was compromising his day-to-day happiness.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
The White House denied compromising public safety, and no evidence established that political access changed the FDA’s findings.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Some long-time admirers of Mapfumo, who arrived in Harare on the eve of the helicopter crash, accused him on social media of compromising his principles, though this was denied by the 81-year-old musician.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pocock wrote back with a long, detailed technical explanation of his design and proposed a few minor modifications that he thought might mollify Ebright without compromising the integrity of the shell.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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