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Recent Examples of unaggressive
Meanwhile, dogs that lose fights or are seen as unaggressive are killed, oftentimes in heinous fashion, with many cases involving dogs being electrocuted, hung or beaten to death.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Time flowed differently, and my vision felt soft and the world around me pure and unaggressive.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The charismatic but typically unaggressive sea mammals were biting people who approached them.
—Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
Multiple players wound up in first-half foul trouble because of slow legs and unaggressive coverage.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
The map displays 28 reported sightings over the past 30 days, and all displayed unaggressive behavior.
—Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021
The movie also maps Harding’s longtime struggle to belong in the skating world as a blue-collar athlete while also refusing to conform to the dainty, unaggressive ideology judges preferred.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
Fruit forward and silky, with unaggressive tannins.
—Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 24 Aug. 2017
Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Time flowed differently, and my vision felt soft and the world around me pure and unaggressive.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The charismatic but typically unaggressive sea mammals were biting people who approached them.
—Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
Multiple players wound up in first-half foul trouble because of slow legs and unaggressive coverage.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
The map displays 28 reported sightings over the past 30 days, and all displayed unaggressive behavior.
—Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2021
The movie also maps Harding’s longtime struggle to belong in the skating world as a blue-collar athlete while also refusing to conform to the dainty, unaggressive ideology judges preferred.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
Fruit forward and silky, with unaggressive tannins.
—Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 24 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaggressive
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Never run or make any loud noises or sudden movements, as this could startle these creatures, which are typically nonaggressive until frightened.—
Madeline Nguyen,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Mar. 2024
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But Man 'Forgot About It for Almost a Decade' The NPS further said that tarantulas are slow-moving and nonaggressive, adding their bite is likened to a bee sting and is not deadly to humans.—
David Chiu,
Peoplemag,
30 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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By turning passive browsing into real-time engagement, selling via livestream gives brands a direct line to their audience, combining product education with urgency, authenticity and social proof.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The 33-year-old has supported taxing the ultra-wealthy, financial transactions and passive income like dividends.—
Yun Li,Alex Harring,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s narrow nationalism does not seem more peaceable than internationalism.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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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
Adjective
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Whether the result of drugs, alcohol or general hysteria, these terrifying men would enter trance-like states and charge into battle, ignoring severe injuries and collapsing into a feeble heap immediately after the fight concluded.—
Drew Gerber,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Two hotels in the East Bay have tumbled into bankruptcy ahead of scheduled foreclosures, in a fresh sign that post-coronavirus maladies still afflict the feeble lodging markets in the Bay Area.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.—
Adam Kirsch,
WSJ,
1 Oct. 2021
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Hobbits are small and unwarlike, with no interest in glory.—
Tom Shippey,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2017
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“Unaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaggressive. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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