civilian

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the incident was under investigation, adding that US forces "never target civilian targets".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

International law permits attacks on energy plants and other ostensibly civilian targets only if determined that they primarily support military activity.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Even when I’m not working and I go to a festival as a civilian, I’m all about function over fashion and comfortable shoes and socks to walk thousands of steps each day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

That leaves the Islamic Republic with a 100% civilian casualty ratio—a benchmark of the number of civilian casualties relative to combatant ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Their eyes were as red as ours, and even though they wore civilian clothes, they looked dirty and had intense expressions like us.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah