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The generals shook their heads sadly, for they saw that the Poor Men and the Rich Men were fraternizing and exchanging cigarettes, and they knew that the war was over.

From The Book of Gud by Hersey, Harold

The bulletins of the fighting are contradictory and obscure, but by 3rd Nov. Russians and Germans were fraternizing on the Riga front, and on 20th Nov. hostilities ceased.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

On the fore-deck groups of sailors and firemen belonging to both vessels were fraternizing.

From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis

The Concho men, camped round their wagon, were fraternizing with visitors from the Blue and T-Bar-T.

From The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Brinkerhoff, R. M.

The commander of the forces conveyed to the ministry the alarming intelligence, that the troops were fraternizing with the people, and their loyalty could not be relied on in the event of an outbreak.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.