noncooperation

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Recent Examples of noncooperation Women have also developed other forms of gendered noncooperation that can benefit mass movements. Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022 Women have pioneered other forms of social noncooperation, as well. Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022 America hasn’t conducted on-site inspections of Russia’s nuclear arsenal since March 2020 in any case, first because of Covid-19 and then Russian noncooperation during the war in Ukraine. Matthew Kroenig, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023 The World Health Organization said noncooperation by China has forced the global body to halt its probe into the origins of the coronavirus but later walked that back. Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for noncooperation
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Noun
  • As Frederick Douglass noted in a June 1854 newspaper editorial, however, many Americans praised Henry’s phrase and the violent rebellion against British oppression while simultaneously decrying violent resistance to slavery.
    Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Wouldn't that seed resentment and the beginnings of the exact rebellion that takes place?
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • She was shown writing her real name (girls and women in Gilead are forbidden to read and write) and giving the camera a signature June look of defiance.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Below ground, Red Ribbon, a hidden cocktail lounge, nods to Asheville’s spirited anti-Prohibitionists, who wore red ribbons as a symbol of defiance.
    Jenn Rice, AFAR Media, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The disrespect of Shedeur Sanders has reached absurd levels.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
  • My concerns have only doubled since the hearing, at which two academics from the University of Connecticut’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Civic Engagement and Public Policy were treated with suspicion and sidelong disrespect by certain legislators.
    Julio Fuentes, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Alleging disobedience, among other claimed doctrinal infractions, the OCA excommunicated the Homyks and longtime parish council leader Rivera.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Pardons have sometimes been used in the past — in some cases wisely, in others not — to turn the page on divisive episodes of civil disorder and disobedience.
    The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Noncooperation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncooperation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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