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Recent Examples of nonevent
Alluding to all this being both a nonevent and maybe misunderstood is part and parcel in regard to how Pitt has responded to the divorce since around 2019.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 May 2025
The Kremlin has treated Navalny’s death as a nonevent, although tens of thousands in Moscow and other cities, overcoming fear of repression, expressed their grief in public and chanted Navalny’s name.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
And on Friday, as thousands gathered in the Russian capital for Mr. Navalny’s funeral, cheering his name, official Moscow acted as if the remembrance was a nonevent.
—Oleg Matsnev, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 May 2025
The Kremlin has treated Navalny’s death as a nonevent, although tens of thousands in Moscow and other cities, overcoming fear of repression, expressed their grief in public and chanted Navalny’s name.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
And on Friday, as thousands gathered in the Russian capital for Mr. Navalny’s funeral, cheering his name, official Moscow acted as if the remembrance was a nonevent.
—Oleg Matsnev, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevent
Noun
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This, if possible, blows up in her face even more spectacularly than the brunch fiasco.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2026
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Specifically, his fiasco of a presidential campaign.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While the Supreme Court’s majority opinion did not explicitly outline a repayment protocol, dissenting Justice Brett Kavanaugh highlighted the looming administrative disaster.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The latter possibility, however, could give rise to enough disaster and famine to fully destabilize human civilization.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Now the whole thing has turned into an embarrassing debacle.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Seoul Central Court had previously convicted two other members of Yoon’s Cabinet in connection with the martial law debacle.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There is no major washout or concern for burn scar areas.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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This comes amid a debate on the right over what themes to stress to avoid a GOP washout in November.—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The country doesn’t have answers that don’t involve upskilling, education, or trying and failing to compensate the losers.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
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There were no winners or losers, at least in the typical uses of the terms, and at the end of the night, people continued with friendly conversation, well after the game had ended.—
Jeff Banowetz,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Though, this being New Zealand, the flip flops may still go down just fine.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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With around $40 million stateside, and another $40 million internationally, the film appears poised to break Hollywood's string of box office flops as the industry continues to fret over the increasingly dire economics of theatrical releases.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Just hours after bombs began raining down on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, two FBI agents arrived unannounced at Nikki Nojima Louis’ home in Seattle’s Japantown.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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The contract covers both complete bombs in the All-Up-Round configuration and individual tail kits.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Dreadful is the sort of film that prides itself on being a slow burn but ultimately more resembles a fizzle.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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Today, many people start thinking about Christmas after Thanksgiving, and any sort of holiday spirit fizzles by early January.—
Bobbi Sutherland,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Nonevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevent. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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