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Recent Examples of protestation However, Piotr Szczerek, identified as a Polish chief executive, was stood nearby and snatched the hat away before giving it to a woman, despite the boy’s visible protestations. George Ramsay, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 Apparently, despite everyone’s protestations that things are totes cool, these two are not totes cool. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 July 2025 However, Leavitt’s protestations did not stop questions concerning ethics, particularly ahead of Trump’s trip to the Middle East next week. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2025 Russia’s war has already limited Germany’s voice in Europe on defense issues – Berlin spent decades forging closer economic ties with Moscow, despite Poland’s protestations – and Merz will struggle to regain it. Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for protestation
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Noun
  • After the pair almost miss each other in a quintessential rom-com elevator-chase scene, the pair find each other standing outside of Los Angeles' Urban Lights, where Noah makes a romantic declaration to Joanne.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Statue of Liberty stands in our harbor, not as a decoration, but as a declaration of our values and the promise of America.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s been a misguided assertion that what’s happening with ICE is only a Latino issue, but ICE’s bombardment of both Black and Brown communities in Chicago demonstrates otherwise.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Kinahans soon tested the strength of that assertion.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our group ordered a variety of savory entrées and—at my insistence—all four desserts from the restaurant’s à la carte menu, the perfect sweet ending to an enchanting trip through picturesque Penticton.
    Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • His insistence on a raise, while CSX shares fell, frustrated directors this spring.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Protestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protestation. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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