the negotiating table
noun
—used to say that people are having formal discussions in order to reach an agreement
The two sides in this dispute have returned to the negotiating table.
They came to an agreement at the negotiating table.
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Ukrainian forces are in peril in the Kursk region, and may lose this sliver of Russian land that was their only territorial card at the negotiating table.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Accelerate military aid to Ukraine to compensate for the American abandonment, so that Ukraine can hang on, and of course to secure its and Europe’s place at the negotiating table.
—Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
Trump says Zelensky 'needs to be more appreciative' to return to negotiating table
President Donald Trump was asked what Volodymyr Zelensky needs to do to return to the negotiating table after their Oval Office blow up last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Rubio said that Zelenskyy should not have insisted on traveling to Washington to sign the agreement in person and that arguing in public with Trump and Vance that diplomacy would not work with Russia harms Trump's ability to get Russia to the negotiating table.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Accelerate military aid to Ukraine to compensate for the American abandonment, so that Ukraine can hang on, and of course to secure its and Europe’s place at the negotiating table.
—Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
Trump says Zelensky 'needs to be more appreciative' to return to negotiating table
President Donald Trump was asked what Volodymyr Zelensky needs to do to return to the negotiating table after their Oval Office blow up last week.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Rubio said that Zelenskyy should not have insisted on traveling to Washington to sign the agreement in person and that arguing in public with Trump and Vance that diplomacy would not work with Russia harms Trump's ability to get Russia to the negotiating table.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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