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overture

[oh-ver-cher, -choor] / ˈoʊ vər tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /


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In Beijing, just two days before boarding his flight to Pyongyang, Graham told reporters that he still didn’t understand the North Korean overture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

It was such a baffling overture that Xi suspected it was an impulsive gesture, said people close to Beijing’s decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

South Korea said Friday it will reclassify North Korea's long-banned state newspaper as general information, easing public access, in the latest overture from the administration of dovish President Lee Jae Myung.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

She looked up when the musical overture ended, and in its place an anticipatory silence weighted the air.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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