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- adverb Common misspelling of
peaceably .
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Examples
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My 1st Ammendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abriging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
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My 1st Ammendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abriging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
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May Bolden cease the decade-old zero-sum budget feud of science vs. space, recognizing that NASA's excellence lies in science AND space, knowing that the two can peacably co-exist on solid financial ground,
Charles Bolden Nominated for NASA Administrator by President Obama - NASA Watch 2009
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I said it was "not really democratic" and many of you (mostly conservatives) said but hey, Utah GOPers followed the rules, ousted Bob Bennett peacably, so yes it was democratic.
Utah and philosophy 2010
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I hope all of the admirers of Ron Paul noted his lunatic comments about the tax evading couple in NH, who are fighting off the police trying to arrest them peacably.
Happy Hour Roundup 2009
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Does it see its own dead as a tactic in an eventual settlement of the problem, or do they simply refuse to ever allow Israelis to live peacably?
Reader Q & A With Our Gaza Correspondent, Taghreed El-Khodary - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The "Palestinian" Arabs cannot live peacably with each other - see the fighting being Islamist Hamas and Fatah.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Cruikshank involved a federal prosecution of private citizens i.e. members of a white mob who had prevented armed black citizens from peacably assembling in a manner that was lawful under both state and federal law.
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However, the official British position was that Britain could fulfil both its promise to the Jews and its obligations to the majority population (despite warnings from Samuel that the two were not consistent and could not both be peacably implemented).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble [...]
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