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cease-fire

[sees-fahyuhr] / ˈsisˈfaɪər /
NOUN
a stop in fighting
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STRONGEST


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President Donald Trump previously said that cease-fire was over.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and its cease-fire were effectively dead-on-arrival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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

Oil prices have fallen to roughly pre-war levels over the past month, despite flare-ups that threatened the cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026

Peeta begins to speak in a frustrated tone about the need for the cease-fire.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Back then, we had truces and temporary cease-fires now and then through the 51 days.

From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2023

Hope of cease-fires, and of life going on.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2023


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