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- noun Plural form of
cease-fire .
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Examples
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Fighting has slowed as the PKK announced unilateral cease-fires and the government launched a political initiative to resolve the conflict.
Kurds Call for Boycott of Turkish Parliament Marc Champion 2011
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He helped negotiate cease-fires, refereed talks between Arabs and Israelis, and even aided the CIA when it needed a hand interrogating terrorism suspects.
Egypt's intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, could be called on to smooth turmoil Joby Warrick 2011
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The new approach precipitated literally hundreds of local cease-fires with insurgents and tribal leaders, deals that were often sweetened by substantial cash payments.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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The new approach precipitated literally hundreds of local cease-fires with insurgents and tribal leaders, deals that were often sweetened by substantial cash payments.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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The new approach precipitated literally hundreds of local cease-fires with insurgents and tribal leaders, deals that were often sweetened by substantial cash payments.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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There have been a series of cease-fires, but renewed violence over the past year has set back a once-thriving tourist trade.
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In the final months his life, he was linked to many of Mr. Thein Sein's reforms and was helping negotiate cease-fires between the government and the country's restive ethnic minority groups, which continue to wage violent insurgencies in parts of the country.
Activist Worked With Military Regime Patrick Barta 2012
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Both remain unresolved because they ended with cease-fires, not agreed on borders.
Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy: Peace #1 Issue in the World Today: Pakistan & Palestine -- Parallel Pivots in the Peace Paradigm Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy 2011
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There have been a series of cease-fires, but renewed violence over the past year has set back a once-thriving tourist trade.
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The new approach precipitated literally hundreds of local cease-fires with insurgents and tribal leaders, deals that were often sweetened by substantial cash payments.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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