: a gift or service for the purpose of procuring peace or reconciliation
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After our last argument, I sent her flowers as a peace offering.
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David Fincher’s 2010 film The Social Network ends with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) refreshing the friend request of an ex-girlfriend, a pathetic and modern attempt at a peace offering as the movie tracks him through two contentious lawsuits.—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025 That scene, in which Hiccup cautiously approaches the wounded dragon, offering fish as a sort of peace offering, is the make-or-break moment for the film — the virtually wordless sequence in which a wary friendship is forged.—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025 Mission now accomplished, Kittridge and U.S. Intelligence operative Jasper Briggs (Shea Whigham) — revealed to be the son of Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) from the first Mission — show up with a peace offering for Ethan.—EW.com, 23 May 2025 Putin cares little for European or American pressure, simply proposing a minimalist peace offering, with maximalist demands, and refusing to budge.—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for peace offering
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