compromise
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Ireland's Europe minister Thomas Byrne said on Tuesday it was possible "if compromise can be found".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
But a single term in the Indiana General Assembly from 1884 to 1886, with its demands for legislative compromise, frustrated him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He certainly doesn’t understand compromise or the importance of local issues.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
You can still buy homes under $1 million in Los Angeles, but you’ll have to be smarter about your search, widen your location preference and prepare to compromise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The samples were packaged and shipped to a forensics laboratory in Germany for testing; the Icelandic DNA laboratory was ruled out to avoid any possibility of compromise or conflict.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Understanding these compromises could also lead to improvements in aviation technology, particularly drones and other robotic aircraft that use flapping wings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
To keep the Duo thin and lightweight, Apple made modest hardware compromises on its camera array.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He didn’t want to do it too much in Los Angeles, because it compromises roster flexibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He explained that two possible compromises had been considered.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
It may have been that they were weak people, ill suited for the rigors of emigration, its humiliations and compromises, its competing demands of self-discipline and adventurousness.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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Puerto has framed the suit as a way of fighting back against laws that she feels have compromised the future she wanted to give herself and her children.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
If no number was given, Karpenko would know his source had been compromised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"We cannot allow the safety of our children to be compromised," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The star attraction and current cleanup batter, Shohei Ohtani, is compromised by injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
He was developing a specialty in how people become experts and how they acquire skills, and how those skills get compromised.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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State District Judge Joseph Montano ruled Friday that prosecutors improperly prevented grand jurors from hearing testimony from witnesses they had requested, compromising the integrity of the proceedings.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Crucially, tests showed that the coated mitochondria continued producing energy, demonstrating that the process could modify their surfaces without compromising this essential function.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Some long-time admirers of Mapfumo, who arrived in Harare on the eve of the helicopter crash, accused him on social media of compromising his principles, though this was denied by the 81-year-old musician.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A system capable of finding unexpected pathways out of a constrained environment and compromising an outside organization presents a real security problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Once again, Wendell Phillips and other abolitionists told Anthony that her behavior was compromising the antislavery cause.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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