peace offering

Example Sentences

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Although authorities usually warn against feeding wild birds, Prof Kaplan suggests leaving a peace offering like a little bit of bread or meat to win the magpies' favour.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

When riots threatened as Ms. Komara was growing up, her mother would cook big pots of food as a peace offering.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

His obituary in Rafu Shimpo, the Little Tokyo newspaper, called him a culinary ambassador who used “Japanese food as a cultural peace offering to mend the scars left by the World War II experience.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

He’s contemplating whether to bring muffins to people on both sides of the square, a kind of Red Truck peace offering.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

Sadie placed the Snickers in his palm like a peace offering and waited, staring at the carpet.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover