cease-fires
- plural of cease-fire.
Example Sentences
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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
Despite the strikes, neither side has declared the cease-fires dead.
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
It hosts much of Hamas’s political leadership and has helped broker cease-fires during previous escalations in Gaza, including last November.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024
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
