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Recent Examples of nonviolent The Georgia lawmaker is known for his nonviolent advocacy during the Civil Rights Movement. Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 July 2025 All events are expected to uphold a commitment to nonviolent action, per organizers. Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 16 July 2025 Good Trouble Lives On is a national event of peaceful, nonviolent action in remembrance of Lewis, who died five years ago on July 17. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025 Greater Cincinnati residents are again expected to hold anti-Trump demonstrations July 17, as part of a national day of nonviolent action. Annie Goldman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonviolent
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Adjective
  • The space can be used as a peaceful private office, a crafting studio, or a gardening space replete with a potting bench.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 20 July 2025
  • And the happier, peaceful times far outweigh the difficult ones.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • Trump’s narrow nationalism does not seem more peaceable than internationalism.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • If anything, the scale of the Second World War and the advent of the atom bomb made the quest for a peaceable international order more urgent than ever.
    Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Nonviolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolent. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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