as in peaceful
not involving violence or force
nonviolent protests
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Recent Examples of nonviolent
In late July, the government abruptly transferred Maxwell to a minimum-security, women-only federal prison camp in Texas where most inmates are serving time for nonviolent and white-collar crimes.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent polls, however, suggest some Americans are turning on Trump's immigration policy amid reports that individuals with no criminal records or nonviolent offenses are being targeted.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Saunders faces up to 12 months in prison on each count, although nonviolent offenders in Ohio typically are sentenced to probation.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025
King and other civil rights leaders relied on a strategy of nonviolent protest to expose injustice through public, visible actions.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent polls, however, suggest some Americans are turning on Trump's immigration policy amid reports that individuals with no criminal records or nonviolent offenses are being targeted.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Saunders faces up to 12 months in prison on each count, although nonviolent offenders in Ohio typically are sentenced to probation.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025
King and other civil rights leaders relied on a strategy of nonviolent protest to expose injustice through public, visible actions.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviolent
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Similar concerns were raised in the latest U.S. Country Report on Human Rights Practices, which flagged issues of judicial independence, media freedom, and the right to peaceful assembly.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Aug. 2025
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The rooms are clean, cozy, and many have views of the river or nearby forest, giving it a peaceful retreat-like atmosphere.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2025
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Such was the peaceable dreaming, the end-of-history thinking, in the wake of the Twelve-Day War.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Trump’s narrow nationalism does not seem more peaceable than internationalism.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Nonviolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolent. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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