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
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
Antetokounmpo made both free throws to extend the Bucks’ lead to 95-88, then Harrell and Antetokounmpo slapped hands in an apparent peace offering before Milwaukee’s ensuing inbounds pass.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022
He’d put them out front as a peace offering.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
