nonbelligerent
Example Sentences
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The issue is sensitive for the U.S. government, which has cast itself as a nonbelligerent friend to the government in Kyiv as it fights for its sovereignty and survival.
From Washington Post
“It is rare that a nonthreatening, nonbelligerent person ends up dying like this. ... What was the officers’ justification for detaining him?
From Los Angeles Times
Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.
From Washington Post
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