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as in peaceful
inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
a peaceable nation that has never had any interest in conquest
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as in nonviolent
not involving violence or force
trying to find a peaceable resolution
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Recent Examples of peaceable
Military comedies have a long and relatively peaceable history on screens small and large — Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Bill Murray all made them.
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
In the past, feeding them was a way to keep the relations peaceable.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
The most formidable obstacle to a peaceable refuge was the double-decker section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that hugs the cliff below Brooklyn Heights.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
In one study, 18 percent of patients flew, sang, danced, laughed, lectured or enacted other peaceable activities.
—Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
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Tesla’s stock has plummeted nearly 50 percent since late December, and the EV company has become a target for both peaceful protests and violent demonstrations, including vandalism, shootings and arson attacks.—
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In the opening scene of Season 3, Nicholas Duvernay’s character hurls expletives at a Buddha statue — encapsulating the character’s cultural ignorance while also foreshadowing how the retreat will be anything but peaceful for those seeking peace.—
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Chávez led national campaigns to improve working conditions for farm laborers through nonviolent means.—
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Dixon, who pleaded guilty to the nonviolent offense in 2000, was ordered to pay restitution and spend 30 days in a halfway house, court documents show.—
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Their awards show is today, Saturday, at 12 noon pacific time.—
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Their latest, limited-edition scent is called Sanctuary and lifts inspiration from Palo Santo, a small town along the pacific coast of Mexico.—
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Ostensibly, the new laws seek to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution (imposed by American victors 70 years ago) so that Japan’s defense and security policy can meet the challenges of this century.—
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Japan has a pacifist post-war constitution, which limits its military capacity to ostensibly defensive measures.—
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“Peaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaceable. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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