overture
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The overture was aimed at winning over investors during a bidding war with Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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
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
When its badinage was completed, we picked up our instruments and began to play the overture for The Blockade of Boston.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Despite generous overtures to Stevens and assurances to the Jewish community El-Sayed made in remarks on Wednesday morning after the race was called, there are intraparty divisions left to heal.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Google has made some overtures to news outlets, including launching a program paying more than 200 publishers for access to their content for AI use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A former Nigerian government official told AFP that when Abuja rebuffed US overtures to take in Venezuelans last year, "we knew there would be consequences".
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 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
Privately, Eisenhower began to dread what might happen if the U-2 program were exposed to the world, or the impact such a revelation might have on his new overtures to the Soviet leader.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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