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protesting
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But it was denounced in others after a group of Iraqi artists pulled out of the show, protesting a French artist’s work that featured graphic images of tortured Abu Ghraib detainees.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 May 2026 -
Well, there’s nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting against Israel’s destruction of Gaza.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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“Kicking (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicking%20%28about%29. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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