peacekeeper

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Recent Examples of peacekeeper The deaths came fewer than 24 hours after an Indonesian peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded when a projectile, also of undetermined origin, exploded near a UNIFIL position in a southern Lebanese village. Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 In Lebanon, which Israel has invaded by ground, an Indonesian peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded when a projectile exploded near a village in the south. Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 The Indonesian foreign ministry said today that the peacekeeper who was killed was an Indonesian national and that three others were injured by indirect artillery fire, Reuters reported. Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026 The incident came less than a day after an Indonesian peacekeeper was killed in a separate explosion, marking one of the deadliest stretches for the mission since the conflict intensified along the Lebanese‑Israeli border. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 Pushing too much hostility between team members or pushing Anthony too hard to be the peacekeeper could easily create an ugly atmosphere that spoils the vibe. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 Can Ledger be the peacekeeper, and will Kenna ever be reunited with her daughter? Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026 The report details multiple instances in 2025 of grenades being dropped by Israeli drones near UNIFIL patrols, including an attack in October that wounded a peacekeeper, as well as machine-gun fire near UNIFIL positions. Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026 Report details array of incidents The report seen by AP details multiple instances in 2025 of grenades being dropped by Israeli drones near UNIFIL patrols, including an attack in October that wounded a peacekeeper, as well as machine-gun fire near UNIFIL positions. Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • The Anabaptists were a radical nonconformist sect that took the egalitarian, pacifist, and renunciatory injunctions of the Bible seriously and tried to organize communal living, before being ruthlessly persecuted by the authorities and other Protestant sects.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Still, Bale has a couple of nice moments as Mandras, a Greek fisherman who loses his fiancée (Penelope Cruz) to a mandolin-playing pacifist (Cage, of course) but, all told, is pretty reasonable about it.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • China seeks Iran peacemaker role China’s involvement in a Middle East peace proposal alongside Pakistan points to Beijing’s growing geopolitical ambition — as well as limits of that ambition, analysts said.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This isn’t China’s first effort at casting itself as a peacemaker in international conflicts.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Peacekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peacekeeper. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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