modus vivendi
Example Sentences
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Mr. Sharabi and his fellow hostages develop a modus vivendi with their captors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Mr Deibert says that the gangs appear to have found a "modus vivendi" while they try to tear down the pillars of the state.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
Since that war, Hezbollah and Israel have maintained a respectful but wary modus vivendi, with the occasional tit-for-tat attack but little more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
In fact, Nixon was considering a proposal by a senior State Department official—one of Kissinger’s aides—to reach a modus vivendi with Allende.
From Slate ● May 27, 2023
Even the children seldom fall out, the necessity of small communities living together for mutual protection compelling the members to establish a modus vivendi.
From The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island by John Rodgers Jewitt
