as in armistice
a temporary stopping of fighting
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of truce
The almost two-week-old truce has been under persistent strain, with the latest bout of attacks beginning after an Iranian projectile hit a cargo ship on Thursday, prompting strikes by the US, and then Tehran hitting Washington’s Gulf allies.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
29 June 2026
Fragile truce Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.
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Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
29 June 2026
And even though Israel did not sign the deal, policymakers in Washington will continue to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abide by the truce.
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Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Over recent months, the security situation has calmed to an uneasy truce.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
29 June 2026
Fragile truce Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.
—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
29 June 2026
And even though Israel did not sign the deal, policymakers in Washington will continue to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abide by the truce.
—
Amy McAuliffe,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Over recent months, the security situation has calmed to an uneasy truce.
—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truce
Noun
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The armistice also established the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a 160-mile (257-km) buffer zone dividing the peninsula that has since become one of the most heavily fortified borders on earth.
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President Dwight Eisenhower achieved an armistice in the costly war.
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Past Israel-Hezbollah ceasefires in Lebanon have often failed, and, in the run-up to the MOU, Israeli forces made their deepest incursions into Lebanon in the past quarter century.
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However, price bulls highlight a fragile US-Iran ceasefire and past IEA surplus forecasts that failed to depress prices.
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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