de-escalation

The Sheriff’s Department has said that it cited Barraza for failing to deploy de-escalation tactics before using force and that it disciplined a sergeant for failures during the assessment after the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

It also noted she failed to use any de-escalation techniques.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

If Riyadh opts to respond decisively—not just symbolically, which would leave de-escalation on the table—then Saudi leadership must decide what that means.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

A Wall Street indicator designed to flag potential U.S.-Iran de-escalation was flashing for the first time in months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Syria said it held talks with Israel in Jordan on Sunday on de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes, and on keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The comments were seen as a de-escalations of tensions that have pushed oil prices to their highest level in three months on the possibility of U.S. strikes against Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Lack of staffing and budget eliminates valuable patrols in known areas that prevent crime, and unfortunately eliminates time for community engagement that provides for insight and de-escalations.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

The scholars recommended continued prosecution of the war, though without escalation and possibly with experimental de-escalations to win broader support for it at home.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are essentially two approaches open to Nixon that could lead to a measurable disengagement from Viet Nam: a negotiated solution, or a seesaw of unilateral de-escalations, with each side presumably matching the other's withdrawals.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What are you prepared to do in response to our de-escalations?" asked Harriman.

From Time Magazine Archive