How to Use rapprochement in a Sentence

rapprochement

noun
  • Officials hope that these talks will lead to a rapprochement with the rebels.
  • The possibility of rapprochement between the two countries seems unlikely.
  • But their rapprochement didn’t last.
    — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • At times, there seems to be a glimmer of rapprochement in their exchange of ideas.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
  • Trump has reversed some changes but has broadly left the rapprochement in place.
    — Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2017
  • More than a decade later, the timing is right for rapprochement.
    — Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 21 May 2018
  • The rapprochement has been in high gear since the spring of 2018.
    — Erasmus, The Economist, 24 July 2019
  • There has, seemingly, been a bit of a rapprochement since then.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • Few see rapprochement on the horizon, but few see war as likely either.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 25 May 2022
  • Trump has reversed some Obama policies but has kept the broad rapprochement in place.
    — Jessica Durando, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2017
  • That rapprochement was supposed to signal a new era of regional calm.
    — Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a sense of rapprochement with old-school West Coast rock mythology.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Netanyahu was eager for a rapprochement.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Rubio is in the forefront of those pushing for change in the Obama rapprochement.
    — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 June 2017
  • Any rapprochement with Tehran would mark a sharp change in course by the administration.
    — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Another boost by the rapprochement is in the realm of sports and entertainment.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2021
  • But if anything the rapprochement with the White House has emboldened the new regime.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
  • But over the course of its third term, the party made a U-turn and hardened its stance on rapprochement with the West.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
  • That doesn't mean a rapprochement with Tehran is immediately in the cards.
    — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • But by then, some congressional Democrats sought a rapprochement.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 9 June 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Such tests could endanger the North’s outreach and crush the current rapprochement.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But the rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world will change the region for the better.
    — Joshua S. Block, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
  • Crown Prince Mohammed has been dropping hints that a formal rapprochement may be in the offing.
    — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2019
  • 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
  • As such, Xi may be fostering Saudi-Iran rapprochement as a hedge against that day.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But the rapprochement, O’Neal later said, was only for the cameras.
    — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • His Social Democrats are steeped in the legacy of Cold War rapprochement.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • To Washington, the Saudi rapprochement with Iran may seem like bad news.
    — Maria Fantappie, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2024

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