peacekeeper

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Noun
  • Even before seizing national power in 1933, the Nazi Party was closely monitoring German universities through nationalist student groups and sympathetic faculty, flagging professors deemed politically unreliable – particularly Jews, Marxists, liberals and pacifists.
    Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Marchand has crossed lines by licking players, or repeatedly punching a hockey pacifist like Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in a final series.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But in the speech Trump skipped over this move entirely, choosing instead to mention a conciliatory new letter Zelensky had sent him and portraying himself as a would-be peacemaker.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, attempting to play peacemaker, wound up getting shoved into the stands.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Peacekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacekeeper. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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