thaw
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He has relinquished his active government and party roles, but during his 2008-2018 presidency, he and former US president Barack Obama presided over a short-lived thaw in Washington-Havana relations.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Bill Clinton's nine-day tour of China in 1998 marked a thaw in relations after the US slapped sanctions on Beijing in the aftermath of the 1989 protests.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A remarkable dividend of the new approaches to crime and welfare, one with only anecdotal rather than social-science evidence, was a dramatic thaw in race relations, as fear and resentment abated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The subindex tracking service activity dropped to 49.6 from 50.2, while the construction subindex declined to 48.0 from 49.3 as yearslong property slump continued despite a brief thaw in some major cities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Then, of course, in another thaw, there’d be another run.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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