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
When riots threatened as Ms. Komara was growing up, her mother would cook big pots of food as a peace offering.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
His obituary in Rafu Shimpo, the Little Tokyo newspaper, called him a culinary ambassador who used “Japanese food as a cultural peace offering to mend the scars left by the World War II experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
He’s contemplating whether to bring muffins to people on both sides of the square, a kind of Red Truck peace offering.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
She still looked unconvinced, which, considering my peace offering was a lackluster salad with soggy croutons, was not all that surprising.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
