truce
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It started a blockade and a devastating air campaign that persisted until a 2022 truce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
While there were many symbolic gestures, including Chinese pandas from President Xi, there were few big movements – although they committed to a six month extension of the tariff truce.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
In return, Xi announced he was giving the Atlanta Zoo two panda bears and extended the U.S.–China trade-war truce, which was about to expire, by two months.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
The two countries agreed to extend a bilateral trade truce until mid-January, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Because we knew that against the brutal, timeless forces of nature, the best we could hope for was a truce.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
But the military has regained the initiative after peeling off two significant ethnic factions with Beijing-backed truces -- the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
As L.A. mayor, he brought down gang crime through a program that used former gang members to broker truces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
The intervening 116 years were characterized by intermittent spasms of far-flung fighting, interrupted by truces and even a formal peace between 1360 and 1369.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Earlier truces, in late 2023 and early 2025, collapsed and were followed with even more intensive conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
"Knights may keep their truces with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor When dealing with those they deem outlaw."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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