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

He took his pacifism to the civil rights movement, where he helped solidify the Gandhi-like strategy of passive resistance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Bringing this up elicits a lot of anger or passive resistance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

Instead she seems engaged in a kind of passive resistance, defying all expectations of women who enter the realm of rock genius.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

As we all know, nonviolence and passive resistance would eventually spread through the world, inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., in the fight for civil rights in America.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson