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Recent Examples of peacefully
Here, thousands of those funnels merge into a single, multilayered structure draped across the cave's walls, where thousands of individuals live peacefully side by side in overlapping webs.
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New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
Grim fled the state, setting off a nationwide manhunt that lasted four days and ended peacefully in Oklahoma when alert authorities spotted the killer at a relative's house.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Deputies, soon joined by the county’s Psychiatric Emergency Response Team — a unit that pairs law enforcement with mental-health clinicians — sought to coax the man into surrendering peacefully, talking to him through the car and on his cell phone, Jonsen said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Purposefully impeding access to federal buildings and law enforcement is dangerous and is not peacefully protesting.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The band’s publicist, Debbie Ball, confirmed the news, writing that Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
Federal agents have claimed in court and elsewhere that some citizens aren’t just peacefully protesting but are interfering with their duties.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
There's a big difference between disrupting an event and peacefully protesting, Piro said.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
The plaintiffs claimed the actions illegally restricted the First Amendment right to peacefully assemble and gather news.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
Grim fled the state, setting off a nationwide manhunt that lasted four days and ended peacefully in Oklahoma when alert authorities spotted the killer at a relative's house.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Deputies, soon joined by the county’s Psychiatric Emergency Response Team — a unit that pairs law enforcement with mental-health clinicians — sought to coax the man into surrendering peacefully, talking to him through the car and on his cell phone, Jonsen said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Purposefully impeding access to federal buildings and law enforcement is dangerous and is not peacefully protesting.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The band’s publicist, Debbie Ball, confirmed the news, writing that Ball died peacefully in his sleep at his London home.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
Federal agents have claimed in court and elsewhere that some citizens aren’t just peacefully protesting but are interfering with their duties.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
There's a big difference between disrupting an event and peacefully protesting, Piro said.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
The plaintiffs claimed the actions illegally restricted the First Amendment right to peacefully assemble and gather news.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peacefully
Adverb
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Address gossip calmly and factually, not emotionally.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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In a viral TikTok shared by user @rejumadnil, a small dog can be seen calmly lounging on what appears to be an entire couch cushion placed neatly inside its kennel.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Only chief technology officer John Tornow, who pressed Send from mission control, was serenely confident.—
Graydon Carter,
Air Mail,
1 Nov. 2025
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And Robbie, so serenely, perfectly beautiful, is playing a character teeming with self-loathing.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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All three kittens were in a cage in the trunk of their minivan, placidly watching us.—
Tao Lin,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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One goalkeeper robot stood placidly as its opponent kicked a ball at its legs several times before finally managing to score.—
Yan Zhuang,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The 2000s Sacramento Kings star guard looks fit enough to curl off a screen and coolly drop in an 18-footer jumper in front of a frenzied home playoff crowd, but Bibby does his basketball work now with a whistle.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Addison Barger had two hits and an RBI for the American League champion Blue Jays, who coolly rebounded from their heartbreaking, late-night defeat in Game 3 with stellar work at the plate and on the mound.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Peacefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacefully. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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