modus vivendi

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It seems the Rodriguez and the Trump administrations are finding a modus vivendi.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Mr. Sharabi and his fellow hostages develop a modus vivendi with their captors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

“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

Despite the desperation, deprivation and decreasing opportunities, some Kabulis have tried to preserve some vestige of their pre-Islamic Emirate existence and forge some kind of modus vivendi with the Taliban.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2022

The whole relation got to be regulated more by internal conditions than by external pressure, by a customary modus vivendi, and not by commercial and state-protected competition.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul