mediate
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His organization, 2nd Call, is an advocacy group that seeks to mediate gang disputes and provide alternatives to violence in the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
This week, Quentin Fottrell — The Moneyist — attempted to mediate a dispute between a married couple, over how to allocate their cash: Should they pay down debt, or invest?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
"So, the United States is trying to mediate with the sides with the goal of creating a unified proposal."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom—who helped unofficially mediate the agreement between state lawyers and Paramount, The Wall Street Journal reported—called the agreement a “win for California workers and our creative economy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The historian has to mediate between the past and the present, finding a language which will convey to present readers the beliefs and convictions of people who thought quite differently.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The hope is to become a "big fish" who mediates between the grunts and those with cash, maybe even entering polite society.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Geneva-based body that mediates trade disputes Friday said its Trade Barometer fell to 101.7 in June from 102.3 in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
One way to escape this game of chicken is when a third party mediates, offering both sides an off-ramp.
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
As journalist Franklin Foer elaborates in his acclaimed book on Biden’s presidency, The Last Politician, politics for Biden is the “means by which a society mediates its difference of opinion, allowing for peaceful coexistence.”
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2024
The Intelligence receives its knowledge directly from God, and serves as a mediator between him and the soul, like a prophet who mediates between God and his creatures.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Diplomatic efforts mediated by the United States to end the war more than four years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine have so far yielded no results.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
No breakthrough has been reported from the meeting mediated by Qatar and involving Iran's foreign minister and US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff - the first since a June ceasefire unravelled.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“There’s a great energy that comes from being in a room with people. I think it’s a different energy than anything else, particularly true and truer every day in the increasingly screen-based and mediated world.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
During the fourth decade of warming, they observed that stable portions of soil organic matter, once believed to resist warming mediated decomposition, also began to break down.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Catholic Church of my youth mediated with special grace between the public and private realms of my life, such was the extent of its faith in itself.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Kuwait recently signed a new defense pact with Pakistan, which has played a mediating role in seeking to halt the U.S.-Iran conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Officials in mediating countries said Iran’s rejection incensed them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Aside from the Qatari delegation visiting Iran, Qatar's emir on Friday held a call with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, which has also been mediating, according to Sharif's office.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Both sides also agreed to the creation of a "de-confliction cell" between the US, Iran and Lebanon, facilitated by the mediating countries, to end military operations in Lebanon, their statement said.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Right after the war, the Jews’ Haganah mediating body stepped up the longtime negotiations with the British.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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