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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The terms of a resolution involved a licensing agreement and the institution of guardrails around generative artificial intelligence tools, though the talks reached no such truce.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
But while Zelensky confirmed in a news conference that Ukraine had agreed to stop using military force in the Black Sea, the Kremlin released its own statement on the talks, which included far-reaching conditions for signing up to the partial truce.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Before the White House statements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was in favor of resuming a truce in the Black Sea but warned Moscow needed clear guarantees, meaning an order from Trump to Zelensky not to break it.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
And a 2022 truce brokered by the United Nations has brought a reduction in hostilities but hasn’t ended the conflict.
—Abdulghani Aqlan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2025
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
But while Zelensky confirmed in a news conference that Ukraine had agreed to stop using military force in the Black Sea, the Kremlin released its own statement on the talks, which included far-reaching conditions for signing up to the partial truce.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Before the White House statements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was in favor of resuming a truce in the Black Sea but warned Moscow needed clear guarantees, meaning an order from Trump to Zelensky not to break it.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
And a 2022 truce brokered by the United Nations has brought a reduction in hostilities but hasn’t ended the conflict.
—Abdulghani Aqlan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truce. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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