détente
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Despite a trade detente between the U.S. and China, access to Chinese-dominated rare earths remains a pressing issue for global companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Some of the world’s biggest investors held their bullish outlook on stocks even before signs of detente between the U.S. and Iran emerged, as Bank of America’s latest Global Fund Manager survey points out.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
The veteran litigator found herself in hot water after her efforts to broker a detente between Cipriani and Shell spectacularly backfired.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
There have been at least two moments of detente: Cosentino, Ruger’s 76-year-old chairman, met with Gussalli Beretta in a hotel in Paris just before Christmas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
In spite of their different attitudes, hopes, and goals, they gradually— though neither could have explained how—reached a functioning detente.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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