olive branch
Example Sentences
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But he has also attempted something of an olive branch, last week announcing that more than 1,100 victims of violence would receive compensation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Edelweiss,” mistaken at times for an actual Austrian folk song instead of an American creation, hasn’t always been a welcome olive branch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Analysts say that Carney's decision to put diplomatic tensions behind him and extend an olive branch to India is a pragmatic one, based on present day geopolitical shifts.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Strangely, he also wanted the track to be an olive branch to Metallica.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Somehow the olive branch she’d extended had turned into a snake and bitten her.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
