cease-fire
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On Sunday, a cargo ship was reportedly attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, though the overall cease-fire agreement between Iran and the U.S. and Israel appeared to be holding.
From MarketWatch • May 3, 2026
On Sunday, a cargo ship was reportedly attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, though the overall cease-fire agreement between Iran and the U.S. and Israel appeared to be holding.
From MarketWatch • May 3, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that the U.S.-Iran cease-fire stopped the clock on the war authorization deadline.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The benchmarks slumped at the start of April after the U.S. and Iran agreed a cease-fire, then surged over the second half of the month.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
On the morning of November 11, 1918, Major Keith Officer, an Australian, was watching the minutes go around on his large, old-fashioned hunting watch as he waited for the cease-fire to begin.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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