modus vivendi
Example Sentences
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It seems the Rodriguez and the Trump administrations are finding a modus vivendi.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Mr. Sharabi and his fellow hostages develop a modus vivendi with their captors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
Since that war, Hezbollah and Israel have maintained a respectful but wary modus vivendi, with the occasional tit-for-tat attack but little more.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
In fact, Nixon was considering a proposal by a senior State Department official—one of Kissinger’s aides—to reach a modus vivendi with Allende.
From Slate • May 27, 2023
It is like living in a mill; but after this you harden up to it, and would not change your modus vivendi for life in a royal palace.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
