cease-fire

Example Sentences

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Reopening the strait would more likely come after a cease-fire and through international pressure on Iran, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Daleep Singh, chief global economist at PGIM, said a face-saving cease-fire would allow oil to retreat toward $80 to $100 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The world’s largest cryptocurrency wasn’t quite able to reach the $70,000 mark in recent days despite optimism over a cease-fire and larger moves in other risk assets.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“The problem is we are not believing the cease-fire news, collectively,” Mike Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide, told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

If North Vietnam agreed to a cease-fire and returned the American prisoners of war, Nixon said, he would end the bombing and withdraw the remaining American troops.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin