How to Use rapprochement in a Sentence

rapprochement

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  • Officials hope that these talks will lead to a rapprochement with the rebels.
  • The possibility of rapprochement between the two countries seems unlikely.
  • The rapprochement has been in high gear since the spring of 2018.
    — Erasmus, The Economist, 24 July 2019
  • But the rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world will change the region for the better.
    — Joshua S. Block, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
  • In the late 1990s, Gadhafi made steps toward rapprochement with the West.
    — CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
  • But if anything the rapprochement with the White House has emboldened the new regime.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
  • His Social Democrats are steeped in the legacy of Cold War rapprochement.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • More than a decade later, the timing is right for rapprochement.
    — Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 21 May 2018
  • And many will be hoping that Harry’s return will bring a rapprochement with his the rest of the Windsors.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But a rapprochement decades in the making has picked up pace in recent years based in part in opposition to the West.
    — Joseph Torigian, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But the rapprochement, O’Neal later said, was only for the cameras.
    — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a sense of rapprochement with old-school West Coast rock mythology.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The two fell out after Harry and his wife, Meghan, moved to California in 2020, and there are no signs of a rapprochement.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Against this backdrop, a rapprochement between Riyadh and Jerusalem could still have value, but only if the price is right.
    — Daniel C. Kurtzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Crown Prince Mohammed has been dropping hints that a formal rapprochement may be in the offing.
    — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2019
  • The rapprochement between the two countries followed the ascent to power in April of Mr. Abiy, who at 41 is one of the youngest leaders on the continent.
    — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • Few see rapprochement on the horizon, but few see war as likely either.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 25 May 2022
  • Another boost by the rapprochement is in the realm of sports and entertainment.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Such tests could endanger the North’s outreach and crush the current rapprochement.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • That's perhaps a message designed to reassure hawks in Moscow that the next Putin term will not see a rapprochement with the West.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • But perhaps the most stunning rapprochement has been between the UAE and Turkey -- few saw that one coming.
    — Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • As such, Xi may be fostering Saudi-Iran rapprochement as a hedge against that day.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Any rapprochement with Tehran would mark a sharp change in course by the administration.
    — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Talk of a rapprochement with the Saudis, the world's largest exporter of oil, comes as gasoline prices continue creeping higher in the US.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 20 May 2022
  • That doesn't mean a rapprochement with Tehran is immediately in the cards.
    — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • But for the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, this rapprochement would surely come too late.
    — Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The 1990′s led to a rapprochement between China and Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
    — Huizhong Wu, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Trump, as is his wont, would have the world believe this rapprochement is the singular product of his deal-making genius.
    — Jonah Goldberg Tribune News Service (tns), Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Obama’s rapprochement with Iran edged the regional balance of power away from the Persian Gulf states and Israel.
    — Trita Parsi, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Moscow’s early attempts at rapprochement with the West were nearing their finale.
    — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

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