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- noun Plural form of
parley .
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Examples
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Three days were spent in parleys, and then, without the slightest effort to rescue the brave, patient men within the town, away went King Philippe of France, with all his men, and the garrison saw the host that had crowded the hill of Sangate melt away like a summer cloud.
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So the U.S. has now given safe passage to senior Taliban commanders for parleys with the Afghan government in Kabul.
The Trouble With Talking to the Taliban Bret Stephens 2010
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The objective in launching these sorts of parleys with your opponents is two-fold.
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II. vi --- Back in Sicily, Pompey parleys as good as parties with a triumvirs as good as strikes a deal which avoids conflict many to a offend of his father's aged troops companion Menas, who had tried to get immature Pompey to cut his rivals 'throats whilst he had a chance.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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In just five days the 67-year-old Secretary has flown it to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Cairo, Tel Aviv with a stop in Ramallah and Amman, and held parleys with two presidents, three prime ministers, three ministers of defense and a king.
Libya Isn't 'About Regime Change' Bret Stephens 2011
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II. vi --- Back in Sicily, Pompey parleys as good as parties with a triumvirs as good as strikes a deal which avoids conflict many to a offend of his father's aged troops companion Menas, who had tried to get immature Pompey to cut his rivals 'throats whilst he had a chance.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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China and other new world players like Turkey, India and Brazil have to accept at G-20 and other global parleys?
Who's in Charge Here, Anyway? Denis MacShane 2010
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China and other new world players like Turkey, India and Brazil have to accept at G-20 and other global parleys?
Who's in Charge Here, Anyway? Denis MacShane 2010
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China and other new world players like Turkey, India and Brazil have to accept at G-20 and other global parleys?
Who's in Charge Here, Anyway? Denis MacShane 2010
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The book also parleys about how in spreading South, Christianity is in many ways returning to its native soil.
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins Shantanud 2009
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