counterprotest

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Recent Examples of counterprotest According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), individuals may not block access to sidewalks or buildings, disrupt counterprotests, or engage in speech that is obscene, makes knowingly false statements of fact, or incites immediate violence or dangerous disturbances. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025 Some people appeared to buy tickets as a counterprotest. Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025 Bass, in the Fox 11 interview, also questioned why the university allowed the counterprotest to take place next to the pro-Palestinian encampment, which had been largely peaceful until then. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 There have been allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia in protests and counterprotests. Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for counterprotest
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Noun
  • Serbian police, who are firmly controlled by Vucic’s government, said 36,000 people were present at the start of the protest Saturday.
    Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • The ensuing Stonewall protests are considered the birth of the modern gay rights movement.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • And knowing that these neo-Nazis intend to show up during Pride month, activists hope that their celebratory counterdemonstrations and diversion measures may be enough to deter, humiliate, and push them out, one town at a time.
    Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
  • Dolloff is a security guard who was contracted through Pinkerton by CNN affiliate KUSA to accompany its reporting staff to a police support rally and a counterdemonstration, the station said in a statement.
    Steve Almasy and Andy Rose, CNN, 15 Oct. 2020

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“Counterprotest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterprotest. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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