uneasy peace
noun
: a state in which fighting could start at any time
The two countries have maintained an uneasy peace.
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White House and State Department officials held their breath when the short cease-fire began in November 2023, hopeful it could be lengthened until an uneasy peace turned into the status quo.
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Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
The legacy of the 2014 Ukraine crisis remains more conducive to escalation than to the freezing of this conflict into an uneasy peace.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
In the three years police were searching for Christa Worthington's killer, an uneasy peace settled over Cape Cod, as the investigation dragged on.
—Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
Griffin made an uneasy peace with his aunt and uncle, but all three knew better than to discuss the trial.
—Shawn McCreesh, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Over four decades of uneasy peace followed, punctuated by efforts to bring about reunification.
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2017
But whether the uneasy peace will last remains uncertain.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Libya’s collapse into civil war, and the growing presence there of militants affiliated with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), has sustained the regime’s narrative that an uneasy peace is still far better than chaos.
—Francisco Serrano, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2016
Serbian forces were massing along the length of their country’s border with Kosovo, where NATO has kept an uneasy peace since a bloody war of secession in 1999.
—TIME, 29 Feb. 2024
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Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
The legacy of the 2014 Ukraine crisis remains more conducive to escalation than to the freezing of this conflict into an uneasy peace.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
In the three years police were searching for Christa Worthington's killer, an uneasy peace settled over Cape Cod, as the investigation dragged on.
—Susan Spencer, CBS News, 6 July 2024
Griffin made an uneasy peace with his aunt and uncle, but all three knew better than to discuss the trial.
—Shawn McCreesh, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Over four decades of uneasy peace followed, punctuated by efforts to bring about reunification.
—Jonathan Gorvett, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2017
But whether the uneasy peace will last remains uncertain.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Libya’s collapse into civil war, and the growing presence there of militants affiliated with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), has sustained the regime’s narrative that an uneasy peace is still far better than chaos.
—Francisco Serrano, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2016
Serbian forces were massing along the length of their country’s border with Kosovo, where NATO has kept an uneasy peace since a bloody war of secession in 1999.
—TIME, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Uneasy peace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneasy%20peace. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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