as in protest
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Noun
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Save Girls’ Sports activists gathered outside Yorba Linda High School in protest, which OutKick documented firsthand through conversations with parents and attendees at the meet.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026 -
On Wednesday afternoon and evening, protests broke out around Havana, after some neighborhoods in the capital had experienced blackouts lasting up to 48 hours during the week.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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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
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The protests have drawn fierce and vocal counterdemonstrations and a substantial police presence of about 12-20 officers.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2023
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
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The march always enchanted and created a fervent buzz that enveloped the town, driving to them a ready audience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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What emerged was not a steady, upward march of brightness.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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The April 8th strikes ravaged a range of sites across the country.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Paz’s termination of a popular but fiscally unsustainable fuel subsidy and other austerity measures triggered strikes earlier this month, which escalated into a coordinated effort from the Bolivian Workers’ Central, peasant unions, and miners to paralyze the country.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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One was an anti-Islam group, and the other was a counterprotest called Run the Nazis Out of New York City/Stand Against Hate.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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What about counterprotests? Counterprotests should receive the same rights as protests, and the two should be allowed within sight and sound of the other, but antagonistic groups should be separated.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
30 Mar. 2026
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