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

“It is a profound disappointment that you rejected that overture and chose ambush,” Bilton wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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

In Beijing, just two days before boarding his flight to Pyongyang, Graham told reporters that he still didn’t understand the North Korean overture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

The houselights start to dim, and the first notes of the overture rise up from the pit.

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

The announcement comes after North Korea has repeatedly spurned South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's dovish overtures, labelling Seoul its "most hostile" enemy and declaring itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 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

And before she retired in 2023, Sherman was involved in policy discussions about making overtures to Iran aimed at restarting the nuclear accord.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

And within hours, the president was at the White House calling for unity, offering overtures to a press corps that he had long clashed with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

I didn’t speak of it with Helen, even though her friendly overtures must have been prompted in part by knowing something was wrong.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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)