peacefully

Example Sentences

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"Venezuela's historical rights are inalienable and Venezuela is determined to defend them peacefully," Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta told the court.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Federal prosecutors said while many people were peacefully demonstrating against immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles County last summer, some people sought to use violence to obstruct, impede or injure officers conducting the enforcement operations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Still, students should have the right to protest government officials on their campuses, as long as they do so peacefully and seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The Israeli foreign ministry also posted a video that it said showed the detained activists "making their way peacefully to Israel" aboard Israeli vessels.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Several crises in the recent past had been resolved peacefully by diplomacy.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman