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Recent Examples on the Web There were also protests and uncivil unrest that resulted in damages to more than 80 businesses. — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2022 The average congressional tweets were not especially uncivil, with relatively low scores. — Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022 As recalled by Judith Lapierre, who was the lone woman participant in a 1999 isolation experiment in Moscow intended to simulate space-station living, matters can become uncivil quite quickly. — John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022 The result has been a most uncivil war, not fought over ideology, but over loyalty to the former president; not over public policy or economic solutions, but about who can serve as the most unbending conduit of the Republican base’s profound anger. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 Feb. 2022 But the scope, nature and tactics of such protests are escalating, becoming increasingly uncivil and more aggressive around the world. — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022 This is the fellow, after all, who declared personnel war on uncivil behavior in the White House ranks. — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022 But when that was pointed out, the people who pointed it out were accused of being uncivil or polarizing or offensive. — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2021 Cropper is also worried about the consequences of uncivil behavior of angry adults crowding school board meetings to challenge policies. — cleveland, 7 Nov. 2021 See More

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