negotiator

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Recent Examples of negotiator However, the film never asks why a therapist or crisis negotiator wasn’t brought in to assist air traffic control in trying to save Russell’s life. Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Ali Bagheri Kani, a key hardline negotiator, has also played a central role in previous nuclear talks with the United States. Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026 Michael Corleone tells his soon-to-be wife how his father was able to establish himself as a ruthless negotiator. Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026 He was joined by fellow cityhood advocates including Jack McGrory, a former San Diego city manager who is serving as a chief negotiator and strategist for the group. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026 European defense stocks fell sharply after Ukraine's senior negotiator with Russia signaled that a resolution to the conflict could be in sight. Hugh Leask,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026 Miller, a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator, is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Daniel Kurtzer, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 He was promoted to police officer and held many different positions in the department, including multi-family officer, school resource officer, DARE officer, detective, use-of-force instructor, Taser instructor, crisis negotiator, sergeant and captain. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 In Howard County, Der has served as a school resource officer, hostage negotiator, property crimes detective, and fire and explosives investigator. Dennis Valera, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negotiator
Noun
  • Pakistan’s powerful army chief Asim Munir has been key to his country’s role as mediator.
    Saeed Shah, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Turkey has played a role as a mediator in talks.
    Yarden Segev, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Pakistan, which deserves praise for stepping in, picked up on this and offered to serve as an intermediary.
    Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Pakistan's government acted as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran to secure the two-week ceasefire.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Australian actor, 31, stars in the new horror movie as Arthur, who re-creates and uploads videos of the kills shown in the titular 1978 film (once widely believed to be an actual snuff film), opposite Barbie Ferreira, who plays a content moderator trying to thwart him.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, content moderator Margot (Barbie Ferreira) grows concerned and starts looking into the content, starting up a deadly cat-and-mouse game.
    William Earl, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Negotiator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negotiator. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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