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She ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch" and said the military's demand her country apologise was "quite ridiculous."

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Maybe this overture from the Roebucks was his miracle.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But for Scott, that overture is not enough, and he has said Alberta has no option left but to set its own rules.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

“I want to thank President Xi, my friend, for this magnificent welcome,” Trump said in his toast at the state banquet, repeating the personal overture.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

Oppenheimer rejected the overture on the spot, though the encounter would create a political problem for him down the line.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Authorities have received no response to their overtures to Haitian gangs so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Saudi overtures come at a sensitive time for the kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But plans to reconnect South Korea's northernmost station to the rail network come at an awkward moment, as Pyongyang ignores Seoul's overtures while the South's old ally Washington pursues its own talks with Pyongyang.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

The president also acknowledged Kim had responded to his overtures, though he provided no further details.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

He turned away, and met all my subsequent overtures with silence.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The book was for many days snubbed, buffeted, browbeaten; and the care fully-woven tapestry was torn into shreds and trampled upon; and it seemed that the patiently sculptured shrine was overtured and despised and desecrated.

From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans