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Recent Examples of entente cordialeThe United States Tennis Association, under its former executive director, Gordon Smith, showed no interest in an entente cordiale.—Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 11 May 2023 China on its periphery’s long arc from Japan across Southeast Asia out to India and Pakistan; Russia in Eastern and Central Europe; and the Russian-Iranian-Chinese entente cordiale in the Middle East.—John Bolton, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021 Pernod looks like an entente cordiale by comparison.—Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019 Plane spotters attending the show, which by entente cordiale alternates annually with that in Paris, will be hoping for an appearance by one of the F-35 Lightning fighters delivered recently to Britain’s air force and navy.—The Economist, 5 July 2018
The Court rejected arguments made by large countries, including the United States, Australia, and Germany, that the creation of a treaty that specifically addresses climate change overrides any other international law on the subject.
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Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
On this day in 1923: One of the final treaties of World War I, the Treaty of Lausanne, was signed at Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Greece, France, Turkey, Britain, Italy, Japan, Romania and the then-Kingdom of Serbia.
The compact entitles Nebraska to 120 cubic feet (3.4 cubic meters) per second from the river during the irrigation season between April 1 and Oct. 15 each year, and 500 cubic feet (about 14 cubic meters) per second during the non-irrigation fall and winter months.
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Margery A. Beck,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
These cameras can be as expensive as an entry-level full-frame, too; the recent $900 Fujifilm X Half compact is a prime example of the trend.
Wilken would point out the parties negotiated the settlement for more than a year and had ample opportunity to clarify what words meant.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
Advertisement During the antebellum period, slave and free states alike were obsessed with policing the mobility and settlement of free Black Americans.
Clarify Strategic Objectives As the CEO of a commercial landscape alliance, we are rooted in a growing industry.
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Brian Helgoe,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
Yet neither of these organizations constitute a military alliance, nor does the 2021 China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership treaty or a similar deal signed with Russia in January contain a mutual defense clause.
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