gentlemen's agreement
Example Sentences
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In 2022, Switzerland's federal criminal court in Bellinzona cleared the two after accepting their account of a "gentlemen's agreement" for the payment.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
“We made a gentlemen’s agreement that we’ll play and then we’ll figure it out,” Olivas said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021
That gentlemen’s agreement reached in 1959 bans military activity on the continent and aims to preserve it as one of the world’s last wildernesses; a related pact prohibits mining.
From New York Times • May 3, 2015
He described a gentlemen’s agreement of sorts between Krahun and North Korean officials.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2013
It appeared from the testimony that he had made a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Reading Railroad, the bitterest competitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for a close alliance of interests.
From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus
