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peaceful

[pees-fuhl] / ˈpis fəl /


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Peaceful doesn’t have to mean quiet, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

"Peaceful livelihood protests are part of social and understandable realities," Mohammad Movahedi-Azad told state media after three days of protests by shopkeepers in capital Tehran, which were joined by students across the country.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Boamah's book A Peaceful Man In An African Democracy, about former president John Atta Mills, was due to come out later in the year.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

The county’s Department of Public Health decided to instead partner with the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue to capture and rescue nearly 256 burros in the unincorporated Reche Canyon region.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

Unfortunately, before the year was out, the Peaceful part of the Peaceful Transition came to an end.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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