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cease-fires

  • plural
    of cease-fire.
    cease-fire
    noun
    a cessation of hostilities; truce.

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While investors walk on eggshells anticipating Fed decisions, tariff relief, and evanescent cease-fires, one company is steadily feeding investors nutritious dividends, cash flows, and earnings per share growth.

From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025

The unwillingness of either side to concede on key points has left both cease-fires stuck in their early stages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

At the same time, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces will “continue to firmly enforce the cease-fires in the north and south.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025

Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia—have hammered out elaborate, precisely detailed plans for cease-fires, hostage-for-prisoner exchanges, and diplomatic moves beyond that.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024

Hope of cease-fires, and of life going on.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2023