diplomacy
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The president made religious faith, or the lack thereof, a tool of Cold War diplomacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes said the rallies have been built on "the belief that diplomacy, however imperfect, remains in play. Last week’s advance was not driven by resolution but by hope".
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
In AD 452, when Attila the Hun sacked city after city in his conquest of the known world, it was the Catholic Church, not the Roman military, that met him in a show of diplomacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
None of the three had any background in issues involving Iran or nuclear weapons and no experience at real diplomacy.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Only with some frantic shuttle diplomacy and the most liberal applications of flattery did Halley manage finally to extract the concluding volume from the erratic professor.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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