pact

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He said the original pact included an agreement intended to protect about 180 movable pieces of art and artifacts from removal, but that “there’s shades of gray here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said retaliatory measures from Canada on U.S. products are a major hurdle thwarting talks between the two countries on a renewed trade pact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Last year's summit in Brazil ended with a modest pact that failed to explicitly mention fossil fuels and many nations fear a repeat unless stronger leadership is shown.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

China and North Korea share a 1,400km-long border and are bound by a defence pact - the only one China has with any country.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

They spake together, and they made a solemn pact that they should not annihilate each other in phrenzy of self-interest, but live in that place in amity; and thus was founded the city of Thebes.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson