compromise

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But in yet another sign that finding a compromise may prove difficult, Ejei said "we certainly do not accept imposition", in a video shared by the judiciary's Mizan Online website.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Recently, the California Interscholastic Federation attempted a compromise for track and field competitions — offering honors and slots in competitions both to transgender athletes and to any biologically female athletes they would have displaced.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The majority of such peers, who inherit their titles through their families, lost the right to sit in the Lords in 1999, but 92 remained after a compromise deal with the Conservatives.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Just war was always a pragmatic compromise with history, never a core doctrine, said Staglianò, the president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Rome, in an article published on a Vatican website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Rather than annihilate one another, the nations of Europe would have to settle future disputes through negotiation and compromise.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman