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Chess, by and large, is a war game played by nonmartial people who would have trouble identifying the business end of an M16 or explaining the difference between an embrasure and a sally port.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

The most terrible failure of adults has been their inability, or unwillingness, to shoulder the responsibilities of adults and protect children not only from war but also from other, newer, nonmartial forms of destruction.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one point, France delivered an $880,000 ransom in cash and promised another $ 1.4 million in the form of nonmartial military goods, including a field hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive