demilitarize
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“President Trump and his team think they can get Hamas to disarm and demilitarize Gaza,” he said in a video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Morgenthau’s plan to demilitarize and deindustrialize Germany was seized upon by the failing Nazi regime as a propaganda tool, and the Truman administration ultimately rejected it.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
The move shows a change in tact by Casto, who has previously criticized the role of the military in previous administrations and pledged to "demilitarize citizen security" during her presidential campaign.
From Reuters ● Apr. 3, 2023
The question is, how can antagonistic nations demilitarize safely, without raising the risk of preemptive attacks?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2022
Kyiv is seeking international assistance to try and demilitarize the area.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
Why did you set the story in the demilitarized zone?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
Other promises include recognizing the sovereignty of Ukraine and keeping troops out of a demilitarized part of the Donbas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
That region would reportedly become a demilitarized zone under the plan.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
Israel has also pointed to what it says are “daily” violations along the demilitarized frontier by Syria.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
Other than that, we keep on our own sides of the demilitarized zone.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
He said they should always be "persevering in good even when evil is done to us, breaking the spiral of vengeance, disarming violence, demilitarizing the heart".
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2022
Mr. Grossi said he planned to contact both sides soon to propose concrete steps to begin demilitarizing the area.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Discussions between India and Pakistan on demilitarizing the glacier have been unsuccessful.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
With Russia giving up its territorial claims in exchange for assurances about demilitarizing the long border between the two countries, their leaders signed a Treaty of Friendship and Alliance in February 1950.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
We need to reimagine some of the scenarios into which our law enforcement are being deployed, and we need to talk about demilitarizing local police forces.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2020
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