as in peaceful
not involving violence or force
nonviolent protests
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Recent Examples of nonviolent
Many of those are traffic, immigration or nonviolent vice offenses.
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Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Participants drew inspiration from late Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis' legacy of nonviolent protest.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 July 2025
The clemency actions included a blanket pardon for his son Hunter Biden, preemptive pardons for other family members and Trump adversaries, and sweeping commutations for nonviolent drug offenders.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Recent polls, however, suggest some Americans are turning on Trump's immigration policy amid reports that individuals with no criminal records or nonviolent offenses are being targeted.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonviolent
Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Participants drew inspiration from late Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis' legacy of nonviolent protest.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 July 2025
The clemency actions included a blanket pardon for his son Hunter Biden, preemptive pardons for other family members and Trump adversaries, and sweeping commutations for nonviolent drug offenders.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Recent polls, however, suggest some Americans are turning on Trump's immigration policy amid reports that individuals with no criminal records or nonviolent offenses are being targeted.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviolent
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Unfortunately, his peaceful existence is short-lived when he’s summoned by Maui’s King Kahekili (Temuera Morrison) to serve in a battle against O’ahu.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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No one can come away rooting for Sophie to wind up back at home with her peaceful heteronormative life.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
1 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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Trump’s narrow nationalism does not seem more peaceable than internationalism.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Nonviolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolent. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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