peace offering
Example Sentences
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Although authorities usually warn against feeding wild birds, Prof Kaplan suggests leaving a peace offering like a little bit of bread or meat to win the magpies' favour.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
Each spring, residents of this village tucked at the base of one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes trek up to a cave near its crater to make a peace offering.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
Their existence was a peace offering to the affluent communities above — Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point and Medina — that worried about increased noise and traffic.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
Veggie burgers used to be a peace offering for vegans at backyard barbecues.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
I had no idea how far Miles’s definition of legal stretched, but maybe this was his form of a peace offering.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
