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truce

[troos] / trus /


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With little sign of a truce or lower international energy costs, a big increase in prices for those not on a fixed tariff looks highly likely.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Details: The U.S. agreed to push off implementing the so-called 50% rule until Jan. 10 under the truce, according to a Treasury official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It started a blockade and a devastating air campaign that persisted until a 2022 truce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The summit produced no major policy announcements on flashpoints like artificial intelligence, Taiwan or trade, apart from a two-month extension of a tariff truce between the world's two largest economies.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

The army paper Stars and Stripes was full of the truce talks in Paris, but the war was still going on.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Diesel prices have remained high even at times when crude oil has pulled back during truces in the U.S.-Iran conflict, threatening to further raise transportation costs in the autumn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Without support from ethnic minority armies, he predicted loosely organised PDFs would agree to truces or abandon the democratic cause to become "localised warlords" -- or "be wiped out".

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

A number of limited, temporary truces have been held since 2022 - many held around holidays or only involving applying to energy infrastructure or the Black Sea.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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

"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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