suspension of hostilities
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Respondents were surveyed between June 1 and 22, overlapping with the announcement of the suspension of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was a temporary suspension of hostilities, not a long-term settlement of differences.
From Slate ● May 6, 2024
It now “calls for the urgent suspension of hostilities to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and for urgent steps towards a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
That calculation is part of the agreement, which offers to extend the suspension of hostilities if Hamas releases more hostages.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
At the same time, a peace like this, brought about by a third party, is always something in the nature of a mere suspension of hostilities.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
