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- noun Plural form of
truce .
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Examples
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Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, observes a version of Islamic law that provides for long-term truces with non-Muslim states.
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Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, observes a version of Islamic law that provides for long-term truces with non-Muslim states.
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But Hamas has repeatedly proposed long-term truces with Israel and offered to negotiate a permanent truce.
Darwiniana 2009
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Hamas has repeatedly proposed long-term truces with Israel and offered to negotiate a permanent truce in order to lift the siege of Gaza.
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While Hamas leaders have long signaled a willingness to engage on pragmatic lines, seeking long-term truces with Israel and expressing support for the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, it's highly unlikely that the organization would declare what it would deem a symbolic surrender.
ModerateVoters.org 2009
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She said she and Mr. Obama have called truces on numerous occasions, and added that “we have admonished our staffs and supporters” to avoid incendiary language.
Clinton on Obama’s Speech: I Haven’t Heard It - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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She said she and Mr. Obama have called truces on numerous occasions, and added that “we have admonished our staffs and supporters” to avoid incendiary language.
Clinton on Obama’s Speech: I Haven’t Heard It - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Israel and Hamas individually called truces over the weekend, bringing a fragile cease-fire to the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas has engaged in diplomacy, has called truces, etc.
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I just listened to an NPR piece about the Mexican Mafia and how the gang "truces" that were arranged by "community organizers/activists" played a large role in allowing dangerous street gangs to spread with
"You know, I actually did" -- Obama actually did consider serving in the military. Ann Althouse 2008
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