hostilities
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The resumption of hostilities has helped drive the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note—which helps set borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to student loans—back near its highest levels of the year around 4.7%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Despite a return to hostilities, mediated talks between the two sides have not formally ended.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Normal political hostilities were largely set aside during the 50 minute session, as MPs on all sides paid tribute to the departing PM, traded jokes and shared anecdotes.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Secret Service intervened on the return trip because the Qatari plane lacked basic defensive countermeasures needed to protect the president amid escalating hostilities with Iran.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
On the other hand, Europeans viewed treaties as legal documents that focused on ending hostilities and as businesslike transactions where “the winner” got something from “the loser.”
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
