peace agreement
Americannoun
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an agreement between hostile parties which brings an end to war between those parties.
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a document outlining the terms agreed on by hostile parties, where those terms bring an end to war between those parties.
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Wall Street sees the war as ongoing, viewing the interim peace agreement as a short-lived interlude.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Oil prices rose in early European trade after the U.S. and Iran exchanged a fresh round of tit-for-tat strikes, threatening to undo a fragile peace agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Her killing came 21 years after the Good Friday peace agreement was signed in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Tit-for-tat attacks in the Gulf region between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend, which threatened nascent peace talks, were halted late Sunday so talks based on the June 17 peace agreement could continue.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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