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nonbelligerent

[non-buh-lij-er-uhnt] / ˌnɒn bəˈlɪdʒ ər ənt /






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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 ● Feb. 9, 2023

Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.

From Washington Post ● May 25, 2017

By their reckoning, Clark could prove an even more formidable adversary than Watt because of his low-key, nonbelligerent style and close personal ties with President Reagan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buenos Aires newspapers sarcastically guessed that the German sub-commander had mistaken the sky-blue-&-white markings of nonbelligerent Argentina for the medium-blue-&-white markings of belligerent Honduras, that he had failed to perceive 4-ft.-high letters reading REP.

From Time Magazine Archive

No doubt he hoped the U.S. would remember his friendly gesture of declaring the U.S. a nonbelligerent.

From Time Magazine Archive




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