Examples of olive branch in a Sentence

The winner extended an olive branch to his opponent by calling him a great player.

Recent Examples on the Web This matte vinyl wallpaper comes in three different colors and features a playful olive branch design that works with a variety of decor styles. — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2022 And Bowman, of all people, offered an olive branch by backtracking on a reprimand directed at Crawford. — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2022 Check the point above about extending that inclusion olive branch and note opportunities to improve our inclusive leadership skills. — Simone Morris, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 The boycott officially ended in 2005, without so much as an olive branch from Burbank. — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022 Whaley, in a speech at her Dayton headquarters, extended an olive branch to Republicans who voted for DeWine’s primary opponents, including ex-U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci and Columbus-area farmer Joe Blystone. — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 3 May 2022 And while key lawmakers hope for a compromise between the administration and the State Contracting Standards Board, an olive branch from the governor — beefing up the state auditors of public accounts — isn’t likely to solve the dispute. — Keith M. Phaneuf, courant.com, 16 Feb. 2022 The move would serve as a sort of political olive branch to the mining industry, which feels it has been shunned amid the Biden administration’s push to embrace the green energy transition and on-shoring of domestic production capabilities. — Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022 Israel first authorized the sale of the system to the U.A.E. as something of an olive branch, after Mossad agents poisoned a senior Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel room in 2010. — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022 See More

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