cease-fire
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Plunge in gas prices during recent Iran cease-fire brought some relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The June cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel came with a few Hezbollah men still holed up in two tunnels outside the city of Nabatiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
When asked about the cease-fire, he responded: “For me, I think it’s over. It’s just a waste of time dealing with them.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
To sustain current prices, Yilmaz said the cease-fire needs to hold, negotiations need to continue and commercial shipping through the Gulf needs to keep normalizing without any renewed attacks or disruptions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
It wasn’t a pretty fight, but in the end, we came up with, if not an agreement, a cease-fire.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
While investors walk on eggshells anticipating Fed decisions, tariff relief, and evanescent cease-fires, one company is steadily feeding investors nutritious dividends, cash flows, and earnings per share growth.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
Despite the strikes, neither side has declared the cease-fires dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
At the same time, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces will “continue to firmly enforce the cease-fires in the north and south.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia—have hammered out elaborate, precisely detailed plans for cease-fires, hostage-for-prisoner exchanges, and diplomatic moves beyond that.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024
Among the 240 Palestinian prisoners and detainees released during the weeklong cease-fires between Israel and Hamas were 15 women who stood apart from the others: They were citizens of Israel.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
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