overture
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However, Kim Yo Jong ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Maybe this overture from the Roebucks was his miracle.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
As an encore, Noseda led the overture to Bernstein’s “Candide” with real flair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
Of this first dream, the overture, he remembered only the climate, which had been like the climate of his day—heavy, with danger everywhere, Satan at his shoulder trying to bring him down.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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Since that memorable 2024 win at Twickenham, Jorgensen, who resisted overtures from rugby league's NRL as a teenager, has become a first-choice back-three pick for his team.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Traders balanced reports of U.S. negotiation overtures with Iran against reports that President Donald Trump was briefed by a naval commander on a plan of attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to major studios as it tries to find ways to get Hollywood to use its AI technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
But Pyongyang has rejected his overtures, labelling Seoul its "most hostile" enemy and declaring itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It wasn’t easy to always be the one making the overtures of friendship, since I was, after all, the new member on the team.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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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 Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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