compromise
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But ATP sources insist a compromise is likely to be found.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The group was able to achieve a compromise, but it never saw the light of day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
My compromise suggestion was to pay off the mortgage with $300,000, keep $100,000 as an emergency fund, and continue contributing to our retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Did you compromise your femininity in any way?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
In keeping with the compromise character of the committee report, it gave the Deep South the protection it had demanded by denying congressional authority to pass any gradual emancipation legislation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Juliette Landry, a researcher at French sustainable development think tank IDDRI, recalled that before the recent political "disaster", Latin American and Caribbean countries were "very ambitious" participants that sought compromises at the 2022 biodiversity summit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
They simply don’t absorb the central lesson of the course: how ethical compromises become justified under pressure and eventually become routine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Adams-Jefferson rivalry and friendship is the outstanding example here, though there are several crucial moments when critical compromises were brokered because personal trust made it possible.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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To mitigate the risk of being compromised, "there is no clear structure" to the work, he said, adding he had never met and did not know the identity of others he had been working alongside.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
And regardless of who should take more of the blame, the result was the same: a compromised version of Ohtani entered the postseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
All around me, the only screaming headlines seem to be accusations that the final championship results were unfair, that the game was compromised by illegal power-ups.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the president for potentially compromising the safety of their cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
Cells must also be physically capable of changing shape, applying force and wrapping around dead material without compromising themselves or the surrounding tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
I looked through them all now with a sense of dismay, as you might a series of compromising pictures of a loved one.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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