overture

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In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

In another overture, he persuaded Jessica Tisch—the city’s police commissioner—to stay in her job in his administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

South Korea said Friday it will reclassify North Korea's long-banned state newspaper as general information, easing public access, in the latest overture from the administration of dovish President Lee Jae Myung.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

However, people close to Beijing said Xi made the outreach, turning the high-level communication into a rare diplomatic overture from China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

The light rain went on falling on the hills above Gettysburg, but it was only the overture to the great storm to come.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara