overture

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Diller’s overture to Warner, which hasn’t been previously reported, adds a new twist to the biggest takeover drama in the media industry in years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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

Pyongyang has not responded to the overture from Lee, who has sought to mend fractured ties with the North.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

In an overture to Trump, Apple’s Cook had committed in February to spend $500 billion on manufacturing and engineering in the United States over the next four years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

They played a duet from “Zampa,” and at the earnest solicitation of everyone present followed it with the overture to “The Poet and the Peasant” Allez vous-enl Sapristir shrieked the parrot outside the door.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin