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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Iowans are in fact interested in world affairs, with a markedly nonbelligerent, almost smile-button attitude.

From Time Magazine Archive