modus vivendi

Example Sentences

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Mr. Sharabi and his fellow hostages develop a modus vivendi with their captors.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are also economic targets Iran could strike, but this would antagonise its Gulf Arab neighbours who have recently reached an uneasy modus vivendi with the Islamic Republic.

From BBC

Mr Deibert says that the gangs appear to have found a "modus vivendi" while they try to tear down the pillars of the state.

From BBC

Since that war, Hezbollah and Israel have maintained a respectful but wary modus vivendi, with the occasional tit-for-tat attack but little more.

From Los Angeles Times

“But absent a United States strategy in the region, people are trying to just find a workable modus vivendi.”

From Washington Post