peaceful

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Officers also attended a number of smaller, but peaceful demonstrations on Tuesday in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Perth, Ayr and Paisley, and no arrests were made.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The exercises came after Taiwan’s main opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun, arrived in Washington—following an April meeting with Xi—where she is presenting herself as someone who can better ensure peaceful cross-Taiwan Strait relations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Our officers have a role to facilitate and accommodate peaceful protest," he said, while cautioning against a repeat of widespread anti-immigrant rioting last June.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

I have over $3 million in IRA and taxable assets, not including my house, which is nearly paid off and carries a low-interest mortgage, and I am looking forward to a peaceful next chapter.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The news-reading public used spirit gossip, spirit cartoons, and spirit love stories as distractions from the realization that there seemed to be no peaceful way forward on the increasingly heated issue of slavery’s expansion.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock