How to Use mediator in a Sentence

mediator

noun
  • The first step would be for mediators to bring both sides to the table.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And don’t make your child a mediator or a weapon in those fights.
    Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There is no lateness to set, there is no mediator for months on end.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Guerrero said the district is scheduled to meet with the union and a state mediator on Friday.
    CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Qatar is one of the leading mediators attempting to secure a deal, along with the U.S. and Egypt.
    NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Hamad claimed Netanyahu is trying to buy time and called on the U.S. and the other mediators to press Israel.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 17 Aug. 2024
  • For all those reasons, the idea that China might serve as a neutral mediator to help end the war never had much of a chance.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2022
  • At the same time, board members met with mediators to try to work out a settlement.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Howard, Sandpiper, the mediator — all of that is largely beside the point.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2022
  • The network is funded by the Qatari government, which has been a key mediator in cease-fire talks.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
  • In December, talks reached an impasse, and a state mediator was brought in, the school workers union said.
    Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Biden administration has pledged to keep working with the Qatari and Egyptian mediators to bridge the gaps.
    Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 13 June 2024
  • Qatar, which has served as a mediator along with Egypt, said negotiators were still trying for a deal to restore the cease-fire.
    Najib Jobain, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • This past week, mediators met in Paris to negotiate a potential deal for a pause in the fighting in Gaza; talks have since moved to Qatar.
    Npr Staff, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
  • For hours, Omani mediators shuttled back and forth between the two groups, who could see each other through windows.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The world’s largest democracy has emerged as a partner of the U.S. and has promoted itself as a mediator between the West and Russia.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The group issued the statement on Telegram, saying its stance has been conveyed to all mediators.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Encouraged by a mediator, the school board gave in to student demands.
    Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Both sides will meet to hammer out details about the mediation process, and must agree on a mediator and a timeline.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The news of the HarperCollins layoffs also follows the book publisher’s agreement to work with a mediator to end a strike by around 240 union members.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2023
  • No would-be mediator on earth has been able to come up with any compromise that even begins to be plausible.
    Boris Johnson, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
  • A week into the two-week rotation — on May 6 — came news that Hamas had accepted the terms of a cease-fire proposed by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
  • Bethania is often viewed as the voice of reason and mediator when the waters start getting choppy.
    Rodney Ho, ajc, 27 May 2022
  • In the past, Egypt and Qatar played key roles as mediators between Israel and Hamas as the two foes negotiated over captives.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The sides requested a mediator in December, and talks have been behind closed doors since.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Mahamat added that Nigerian mediators are in Niger for talks with rebels.
    Dalal Mawad, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • None of this suggests that an Israeli mediator (or place for talks, for that matter) will never be needed.
    Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Abbas further claimed that the U.S. could not work as a mediator between Israel and Palestine.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The company and the union, whose members have been on strike for 25 days, had resumed contract talks on Monday in the presence of federal mediators.
    Shivani Tanna, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The two warring sides continued to blame one another for the failure of mediators, including Qatar, Egypt and the United States, to broker a ceasefire.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024

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