How to Use reach a compromise in a Sentence

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  • Brown called on the city to reach a compromise with the union.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Both Kraft and Belichick should be smart enough to reach a compromise.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The transit district delayed the project in Del Mar for months in an effort to reach a compromise.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The Senate took the stance that there may be a way to reach a compromise by factoring in the cost of the old law or breaking out pieces of the spending package.
    Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • In 2013, the teams were unable to reach a compromise on a scheduling conflict.
    Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • To craft a coalition agreement, the parties had to build consensus and reach a compromise.
    Steven E. Sokol, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Repair would require both parties to want to reach a compromise, or one party to change their mind.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The good news is Washington appears to have plenty of time to reach a compromise on the debt ceiling before things get dicey.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
  • McCarthy last week floated the prospect of a short-term bridge that would give the House and Senate more time to reach a compromise on final spending levels for the year.
    Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The working group had initially marked the Christmas recess as a soft deadline to reach a compromise.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Now, with no plan currently in place, city officials are trying to reach a compromise about what to do next.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2021
  • Morgan sees himself as the commission's problem-solver who will step in when the commission needs to reach a compromise on where the lines should be drawn.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2021
  • The battle came to a head when Pelaez’s and Sandoval’s appointees to the redistricting committee couldn’t reach a compromise and brought the issue up for a vote.
    Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2022
  • To work with their tenants to, to reach a compromise rather than just automatically throwing ‘em out on the street.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But the generals have so far publicly dismissed attempts to reach a compromise.
    Noha Elhennawy and Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The seven states that tap the river failed to reach Touton’s initial August deadline and have been working ever since to reach a compromise.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • If the House doesn't agree with the changes to HB 470, and the Senate refuses to budge, a group of lawmakers from both chambers will try to reach a compromise in a conference committee.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Some House Republicans were incensed at the extension, which is designed to buy more time to reach a compromise.
    CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And if McCarthy were to reach a compromise with Democrats, far-right Republicans could either block the bill from coming to a vote or remove him from the speaker’s office.
    Ben Ritz, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The two parties are trying to reach a compromise, but the disagreement jeopardizes the city’s decadeslong plan to have its first four-year university.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Legislators will aim to reach a compromise in a conference committee over the next couple of weeks before the end of session.
    Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The Legislature did not adopt either bill, as lawmakers encouraged the two sides to reach a compromise.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But if lawmakers don’t reach a compromise in time, the government could shut down, causing real risks for Americans across the country.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • After months of debate, President Donald Trump and Congress were unable to reach a compromise last month on a new stimulus.
    Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The deal contains significant carve-outs for several countries, agreed to in a bid to reach a compromise, which some analysts say could make the agreement less effective.
    Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 26 July 2022
  • The meetings come as the White House and congressional Republicans struggle to reach a compromise on how to avoid the debt ceiling and avoid what economists warn would be a disastrous debt default.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • The meetings come as the White House and congressional Republicans struggle to reach a compromise on how to avoid the debt ceiling and avoid what economists warn would be a disastrous debt default.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Challenge them to reach a compromise to address their differences without jeopardizing the work.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • Challenge them to reach a compromise to address their differences without jeopardizing the work.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • There, officials will attempt to reach a compromise between the draft of the law just approved by the E.U. Parliament, a different version preferred by the bloc’s executive branch, and the desires of member states.
    Anna Gordon, Time, 14 June 2023

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