compromise

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Not because spices make cheap food merely tolerable, but because they’re often the difference between a meal that feels like compromise and one you genuinely crave again a few days later.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

However, since those first few weeks of the conflict, risk assets have rallied powerfully in expectation of some kind of negotiated compromise between the warring parties and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

A lack of compromise from the US would lead to an "impasse in the negotiations", the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Senators reached a compromise earlier this month prohibiting yield on idle deposits but allowing “rewards” payments when customers use the dollar-pegged coins.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

After the German surrender, he brought one more argument to the table: using the bomb on Japan would fatally compromise America’s moral and humanitarian standing, undermining any efforts to create a workable international control regime.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik