passive resistance
Example Sentences
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Let's hope we see more passive resistance coming from the rest of the federal employees.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
Then he goes into a passive resistance mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
The United States was different, too, deprived of the eloquence and passive resistance against racism that King espoused and burdened with the war in Vietnam for five more years.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023
District Judge Marco A. Hernandez barred police from firing less-lethal FN303 and 40-mm launchers and using pepper spray on people engaged in passive resistance.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
The Negro’s feeling of utter hopelessness is here replaced by a determined spirit of passive resistance.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
