olive branch
Example Sentences
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Lewis of PLATracker suggested the lull could serve as an olive branch signaling a desire for stability ahead of Xi’s meeting with Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday extended an olive branch to his US-backed Ecuadoran counterpart Daniel Noboa in a bid to end a week-old trade war over cross-border drug trafficking.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Somehow the olive branch she’d extended had turned into a snake and bitten her.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
