thaw
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When the thaw happens will depend on the war’s outcome, the price of oil and ultimately the bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
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
This visit, the first by an American president, led to a thaw in the years of icy hostility between two of the world’s most powerful nations.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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