How to Use shuttle diplomacy in a Sentence

shuttle diplomacy

noun
  • The danger is that the conflict spreads beyond the region and a sense of panic is palpable in the rounds of shuttle diplomacy.
    — Henry Meyer, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The companies are in the early stages of shuttle diplomacy, so the real political risks will take time to emerge.
    — Washington Post, 29 May 2019
  • Western ambassadors have been carrying out daily shuttle diplomacy to try to make progress.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2019
  • Advertisement Hochstein had led the shuttle diplomacy efforts to reach the fragile truce.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Israel has kept up with its campaign in Gaza even as mediators have conducted months of shuttle diplomacy.
    — Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The shuttle diplomacy was aimed at deterring other countries or armed groups from widening the conflict, officials said.
    — Rachel pannett, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • And there has been no shuttle diplomacy between Kyiv, Moscow and Mar-a-Lago.
    — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Hochstein led over a year of shuttle diplomacy to broker the cease-fire deal, and his role will be temporary until a permanent civilian co-chair is appointed.
    — Kareem Chehayeb and Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • In my family, my mother often provided shuttle diplomacy when there was an awkward issue between my brothers and me.
    — Philip Galanes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Hochstein led more than a year of shuttle diplomacy to broker the ceasefire deal, and his role will be temporary until a permanent civilian co-chair is appointed.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The chief American diplomat’s shuttle diplomacy over the past several days didn’t break a stalemate between the sides on Thursday.
    — Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 13 July 2017
  • The United States also incurs a greater reputational cost when shuttle diplomacy fails.
    — Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2024
  • An uptick in shuttle diplomacy The recent cooperation between the two countries has come with a busy schedule of shuttle diplomacy.
    — David Shortell, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • His team represented Trevor Reed’s family and spent months engaged in shuttle diplomacy trying to outline a possible deal to free him.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 9 July 2022
  • Iran has refused to meet directly with the United States, so the Europeans have been undertaking a kind of shuttle diplomacy.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Duda’s veto ultimately saved the network, following months of shuttle diplomacy by the United States.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2023
  • Tillerson engaged in a round of shuttle diplomacy in July in an effort to resolve the dispute, emerging empty handed and visibly frustrated at the lack of progress and goodwill.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 7 Sep. 2017
  • In the six weeks since, multiple rounds of shuttle diplomacy by American, Arab and Israeli officials have failed to produce even a temporary cease-fire.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • At the same time, the United Nations has engaged in a blitz of shuttle diplomacy, trying to build trust between two sides whose split over a decade ago has roiled efforts to forge a two-state peace with Israel.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 27 July 2018
  • Unlike during the previous two days, McCarthy stayed out of his seat and spoke to as many members as possible Thursday, the center of a flurry of shuttle diplomacy on the floor.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany, Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • That has led to intense shuttle diplomacy over the past week, with Kurdish President Masoud Barzani negotiating until the last minute.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
  • With Western leaders in a whirl of shuttle diplomacy seeking to defuse tensions with Russia, a push to revive peace accords for Ukraine after years of inaction is gathering some tentative momentum.
    — Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Amid hints of Ukrainian compromises being forged by US negotiators, the next and bigger challenge in America’s shuttle diplomacy may be getting Russia to accept them.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
  • As Iran and the US arrive at a critical juncture in negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, Doha seems to be engaging in shuttle diplomacy.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, Eoin McSweeney and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022

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