as in bribe
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Recent Examples of peace offering
After a tense phone call where the Chelsea-Emma-Chrishell trio accuses Bre of staging the cheating allegations for camera, Chrishell approaches Bre with a peace offering (a drum set for Bre’s son, Legendary Love Canon) and a promise to hear her side of the story.
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Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Sacha Baron Cohen reprises his role as Borat Sagdiyev, a journalist from Kazakhstan tasked with delivering a monkey as a peace offering to Vice President Mike Pence.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024
Conservatives derided the bill which appeared to be a peace offering as an attempt from the speaker to save face.
—USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Elodie is really just a ritual sacrifice, a token peace offering to the local dragon.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
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Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Sacha Baron Cohen reprises his role as Borat Sagdiyev, a journalist from Kazakhstan tasked with delivering a monkey as a peace offering to Vice President Mike Pence.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024
Conservatives derided the bill which appeared to be a peace offering as an attempt from the speaker to save face.
—USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Elodie is really just a ritual sacrifice, a token peace offering to the local dragon.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peace offering
Noun
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The longest-running plotline of The White Lotus finally reached its conclusion in the season 3 finale, with Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) deciding to take the bribe from Greg (Jon Gries).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Funny thing how the businesses offering the bribes usually got off in those days.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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In a clip posted by Russia watcher Julia Davis, the guests suggested that Putin's agreement for a 30-day cessation of strikes on energy infrastructure was just a sop to Trump and showed no real intention by the Russian president to end hostilities.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The main one is Lizzie, a young journalist stuck on the wedding beat at the local paper, with obits thrown in as a sop to her demand for equality.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The loan is secured by all assets except intellectual property.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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Towards the end of the summer window in 2023, Spence joined Leeds United on a season-long loan, which was disrupted by injury and cut short.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Peace offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peace%20offering. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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