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Recent Examples of uncombative
For months, North Korea has been relatively uncombative, as leader Kim Jong Un grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, natural disasters and the deepening economic pain under years of tough U.S.-led sanctions.
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Fox News, 8 Oct. 2020
Fox News, 8 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncombative
Adjective
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Despite their dramatic appearance, Arizona tarantulas are shy and nonaggressive.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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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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Olivier tried successfully to get the reader to understand how a gentle, pacific young man could come to kill more than a thousand people, and so capturing the tone and empathetic portrayal not only of Simo Häyhä and his colleagues but also of the often-bewildered Russian soldiers was essential.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Courtesy: Apple Apple on Tuesday sent invites to the media and analysts for a launch event at its campus on September 9 at 10 A.M pacific time.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
26 Aug. 2025
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Human societies are more peaceable but not necessarily more equal.—
Thomas Morgan,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For not wanting to be nonbelligerent by naming the terms for belligerence.—
Solmaz Sharif,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2022
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Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.—
Charles Krauthammer,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2017
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
Adjective
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While Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is peaceful, the West and the International Atomic Energy Agency say Tehran had an organized military program to seek the bomb up until 2003.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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While Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is peaceful, the West and the International Atomic Energy Agency say Tehran had an organized military program to seek the bomb up until 2003.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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On their face, diversity, equity and inclusion may seem uncontentious.—
David A. Lieb,
Anchorage Daily News,
18 Apr. 2023
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The event was uncontentious.—
Ann Killion,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Jan. 2023
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The idea, from the very beginning, was to ease viewers into a new day with amiable hosts who covered the news, cracked jokes and fit right into viewers’ at-home routines.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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But the Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead, showed things weren’t always amiable behind the scenes.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Uncombative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncombative. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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