1.   Both sides are working towards a peaceful settlement.

2.   Her words dimmed our hopes of a peaceful settlement.

3.   Hopes of a peaceful settlement have dimmed.

4.   The Old Testament abounds in accounts of peaceful settlements overwhelmed, ravished, and utterly destroyed.

5.   The press increased its din and accused all who favored a peaceful settlement of being traitors to the nation.

6.   They helped negotiate peaceful settlements to several independence wars.

7.   This is the first genuine attempt to reach a peaceful settlement to the dispute.

8.   This was hailed as historic at the time - as a giant contribution towards a peaceful settlement of the Middle East.

9.   Trying to checkmate a protagonist into immobility-or nonexistence-will not promote a peaceful settlement.