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suspension of hostilities

NOUN
cease-fire
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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 did so after negotiating intensely to change language on the suspension of hostilities and mechanisms to monitor and speed up aid delivery.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

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

If there has been no formal suspension of hostilities, there is a tacit understanding to that effect, which the Boers have most faithfully adhered to.”

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams


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