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Recent Examples of marcher
The civil-rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner had been murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the previous summer, and that February, Jimmie Lee Jackson, a twenty-six-year-old marcher, was fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper after a voting-rights demonstration.
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Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
Onlookers left restaurants and offices to line the streets to catch a glimpse of the marchers.
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Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
Yet as the parade began, the marchers saw that this would not be a normal year.
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Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
In a state that sets the standard for music education and a region that pushes the limits of what marching bands can do, directors meticulously correct every arm angle, facial expression and the spacing between each marcher.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
Onlookers left restaurants and offices to line the streets to catch a glimpse of the marchers.
—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
Yet as the parade began, the marchers saw that this would not be a normal year.
—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
In a state that sets the standard for music education and a region that pushes the limits of what marching bands can do, directors meticulously correct every arm angle, facial expression and the spacing between each marcher.
—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marcher
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Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet.
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According to an incident report from the Greer Police Department, an altercation broke out between an event attendee and a protestor outside the venue.
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Witnesses saw members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij militia on the beds of trucks charge up behind demonstrators, firing .50-caliber machine guns indiscriminately into the crowd.
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The clashes continued even after police ordered the demonstrators to disperse.
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The majority of speakers at Tuesday’s board meeting urged the board not to allow online agitators to dictate personnel decisions.
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In recent years, agitators have fueled anti-immigration street violence following crimes committed by, or falsely reported to have been committed by, immigrants.
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“Marcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marcher. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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