overture
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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
Oppenheimer rejected the overture on the spot, though the encounter would create a political problem for him down the line.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
As foreign minister from 2014 until May, when Orban stood down after an election rout, Szijjarto was deeply involved in the government's overtures towards China and BYD in particular.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 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
Sigh not for jealousy, Mrs. Fruhling—she cast no eye upon me, and I made no overtures to that imperious individual, being of far too plain and low a stature for Her Highness.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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