overture

But for Scott, that overture is not enough, and he has said Alberta has no option left but to set its own rules.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Uruguay: “Tyrants: Tremble!/We shall cry out ‘Liberty’ in battle!” — a boast backed by flutes and violins that make it sound like a Rossini overture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

The company has moved to monetize some of its real estate but rejected the takeover overture in 2024.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

“I want to thank President Xi, my friend, for this magnificent welcome,” Trump said in his toast at the state banquet, repeating the personal overture.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

And all through the bustle and pep talks and swelling of the overture, my mind is stuck on Blue Blue Blue.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

But such hopes appear increasingly vain with Pyongyang remaining unreceptive to the overtures of South Korea's centre-left president, Lee Jae Myung.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

After 9/11, the government punished ordinary Muslim Americans who refused its overtures to spy, at great personal cost, for it.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

The Chinese leader, Trump told Fox News in an interview, was “all business” in private, as well, apparently uninterested in his overtures of personal goodwill.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

Katie spends much of the season vacillating between raging at Archie and feeling guilt over falling for his manipulative overtures.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

Prison officials responded much better to private overtures.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The book was for many days snubbed, buffeted, browbeaten; and the care fully-woven tapestry was torn into shreds and trampled upon; and it seemed that the patiently sculptured shrine was overtured and despised and desecrated.

From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)