as in peaceful
not involving violence or force
nonviolent protests
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Recent Examples of nonviolent
After meeting with Blanche earlier this summer, Maxwell was moved to a federal prison in Texas that houses just over 600 inmates, most of whom are convicted of nonviolent crimes.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 Aug. 2025
Black leaders and preachers, like those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, Stacey Abrams and myself, continue the fight for racial equality, using strategies that blend nonviolent resistance with digital platforms to achieve a broader reach.
—Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 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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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 Aug. 2025
Black leaders and preachers, like those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, Stacey Abrams and myself, continue the fight for racial equality, using strategies that blend nonviolent resistance with digital platforms to achieve a broader reach.
—Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 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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Wishing all of you a peaceful start to this new year.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The strike force waited in armored vehicles at a staging area in Kenscoff, where a once peaceful region has been under gang attacks since the beginning of the year.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.—
Howard Steele,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 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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“Nonviolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolent. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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