nonbelligerent

Example Sentences

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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

Under the plan, the U.S. would establish a sort of naval cordon sanitaire along the western channel of the gulf, through which ships from nonbelligerent nations destined for neutral ports would be escorted.

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

A cornerstone of his policy was to try to establish ties for South Korea with "nonbelligerent" socialist and Third World nations; thus, Chun's aborted trip included stops in Sri Lanka and India.

From Time Magazine Archive