modus vivendi

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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

There are also economic targets Iran could strike, but this would antagonise its Gulf Arab neighbours who have recently reached an uneasy modus vivendi with the Islamic Republic.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025

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

“Not about every little issue in the relationship, but rather what are our principles? And can we somehow find a modus vivendi, not agreement, but some sort of mutual understanding?” he said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2023

And yet, it is the indispensable condition of progress in an unexplored region, that a few should thus labour, until a path has been cut through the forest,—a road laid down,—huts built,—a modus vivendi established.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William