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Recent Examples of nonmilitary
Already a large number of nonmilitary NATO personnel have arrived in all three Baltic capitals and turned them into battlegrounds of espionage and diplomacy, resembling Berlin or Vienna during the Cold War.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The mention of coercion, believed to be a first, refers to China’s use of nonmilitary means to pressure Taiwan, such as cyberattacks and trade restrictions.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
In February 1942, Alfred Stanford, commodore of the Cruising Club of America, one of the country’s leading amateur sailing groups, sent a proposal to the Navy to use nonmilitary sailing vessels for anti-submarine patrols and rescue operations.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Moscow may also be more willing to engage in nonmilitary cooperation projects, potentially even subsidizing such joint ventures.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The mention of coercion, believed to be a first, refers to China’s use of nonmilitary means to pressure Taiwan, such as cyberattacks and trade restrictions.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
In February 1942, Alfred Stanford, commodore of the Cruising Club of America, one of the country’s leading amateur sailing groups, sent a proposal to the Navy to use nonmilitary sailing vessels for anti-submarine patrols and rescue operations.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Moscow may also be more willing to engage in nonmilitary cooperation projects, potentially even subsidizing such joint ventures.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmilitary
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It was surgically designed to affect exclusively Russian military hardware, hardware of the sort that Russia has been using to mount its own strikes on Ukraine, far less scrupulously aware of civilian casualties.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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But as the scope of destruction and civilian suffering has grown, so have the voices of condemnation in the Middle East and around the world, leading to growing signs of political and economic pressure, including from friendly parties, above all the United States.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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The appeal -- as well as the ongoing appeal of Trump's $83 million judgment in the E. Jean Carroll civil case and half-billion-dollar civil fraud case -- is proceeding on uncharted legal grounds as Trump wields the power of the presidency in his defense.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 May 2025
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Potential Witnesses Harve Pierre Former president of Bad Boy Records Harve Pierre has been named in lawsuits alongside Diddy, including at least three civil lawsuits, including the one filed by Dawn Richard.—
Janeé Bolden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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“Nonmilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmilitary. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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