quid

Example Sentences

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Incredibly, as the New York Times reported in 2024, there was “never an official quid pro quo.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

District Judge Katherine Menendez, presiding over Minnesota’s request to end what locals officials have called a federal occupation, seemed to recognize the quid pro quo at play.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

The "quid pro quo" for the military base remaining on Diego Garcia was that Chagossians would be allowed to settle on the outer islands of the archipelago, he told peers.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

My quid pro quo double date with Jeff, Kristina, and Justin is at the Legion Diner on 773.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King