Synonyms for olive branch
olive branch

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1. peace offering, olive branchnoun

   something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

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   peace offering

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1. Elizabeth Warren:

   The President extended an olive branch to all of the Republicans in this chamber who urged the Democratic President to let Republican Powell stay on. And what has been the Republican response to that olive branch? They’re lighting that branch on fire.

2. Qatar Airways:

   There is no olive branch on this issue.

3. Charles Michel:

   We cannot forever offer an olive branch while Russia conducts missile tests and continues to amass troops, one thing is certain: if there is further military aggression, we will react with massive sanctions.

4. David Makovsky:

   I think that he extended an olive branch to President Obama and, for the first time, I heard him talk about both sides of the aisle, i think it was a way of Netanyahu pivoting to say ... 'I am not an ostrich putting my head in the sand, but we want to work with the U.S. on implementation.'.

5. Jerome Powell:

   Similarly, Trump also softened his stance on China after sharp falls in stock prices. He has offered an olive branch to China and there's no reason China would not want to accept it.