détente
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A detente eventually prevailed when the two agreed to a merger, a deal that never ultimately happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
“If the oil markets were as confident about a lasting detente between the U.S. and Iran, oil prices would be solidly lower,” Essaye said in written commentary.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Thursday’s prices reflect a very different mood on the detente compared to a day ago.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
That news could threaten the uneasy detente Xi and Trump struck last fall that paused a fierce trade war between the two superpowers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
In spite of their different attitudes, hopes, and goals, they gradually— though neither could have explained how—reached a functioning detente.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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