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or detente
as in rapprochement
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Noun
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Shared defiance of Moscow thus spurred the two leaders into a rapprochement at a moment when Russian capacity in the Caucasus is checked by the war in Ukraine.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The king is at Balmoral, where he is expected to remain until the end of September, which means Harry would need to be invited to Scotland for a rapprochement.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Yet, the lesson of the Voting Rights Act is that the response to these setbacks isn’t despair or acquiescence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this revenge is the acquiescence of his support base and the GOP representatives to the raw hatred unleashed by our Emir of Evil.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
2 Sep. 2025
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His acceptance of a jet worth hundreds of millions from the government of Qatar this year raised additional questions.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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While menopause‘s first appearance in medical literature was in 1821, the term coined by French physician Charles-Pierre-Louis de Gardanne didn’t gain much mainstream acceptance.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Détente.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9tente. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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