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as in demonstrator
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Recent Examples of protester
Violent crime has surged in Peru in recent years, and a protester, named as 32-year-old Eduardo Ruiz, was killed earlier in the month.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
State and local law enforcement officers detain a protestor during a demonstration near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on October 10, 2025.
—Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The inflatable costumes were inspired by a Portland protester wearing a frog suit, who was sprayed by a federal agent with a chemical spray earlier in the month outside an immigration facility.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
What are my rights as a protester in California?
—Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
At least one protester filed a complaint against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, saying an officer hit her in the throat with a bike handle and police refused to give her his name.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
In one scene, agents carried a protester by their arms and legs.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
One overzealous protester attempted an unsuccessful knife attack on Welles himself.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Certain groups who face discrimination and harassment could level the playing field by recording their interactions with others, and at mass protests like the recent events in Nepal, seeing events from a protestor’s point of view could be valuable.
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
State and local law enforcement officers detain a protestor during a demonstration near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on October 10, 2025.
—Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The inflatable costumes were inspired by a Portland protester wearing a frog suit, who was sprayed by a federal agent with a chemical spray earlier in the month outside an immigration facility.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
What are my rights as a protester in California?
—Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
At least one protester filed a complaint against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, saying an officer hit her in the throat with a bike handle and police refused to give her his name.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
In one scene, agents carried a protester by their arms and legs.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
One overzealous protester attempted an unsuccessful knife attack on Welles himself.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Certain groups who face discrimination and harassment could level the playing field by recording their interactions with others, and at mass protests like the recent events in Nepal, seeing events from a protestor’s point of view could be valuable.
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protester
Noun
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France, in cooperation with the European Space Agency, is testing the V-MaX vehicle, a hypersonic demonstrator that completed its first successful flight in 2024.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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To voice his frustrations, Mills, 37, of Chicago, has become a weekly demonstrator at the Broadview ICE facility.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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Among the marchers was Elk Grove resident Tanya Allen, 35, who wore a hippo costume.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Someone who is unable to work in mainstream punditry because his face no longer fits, but is determined to raise standards among those who do as an outside agitator.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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This is a frequent complaint with today's washers that use less water than older, top-load washers with center agitators.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There are unanswered overtures from the choir’s pianist Horner (Robert Emms), a soft, vulnerable young man whose conscientious-objector status renders him a fellow outsider.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 63-year-old former assemblyman isn’t campaigning as a culture warrior or firebrand.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Whereas Melvin was a milquetoast mainstay with two decades of experience as a major-league manager, Vitello arrives as a 47-year-old firebrand who neither played nor coached at any level of professional baseball.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After becoming an Internet sensation (and an art-world provocateur), the toilet moved to England in 2019, where a trio of thieves snatched it from the birthplace of Winston Churchill in a crime straight out of the board game Clue.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2025
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Curtis and Kirk were indeed to be found on opposite ends of virtually every hot-button cultural issue on which the latter made his name as a debater and provocateur.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s in no way a movement that could sweep the midterms and then be harnessed by a charismatic demagogue to remake an entire political party.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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In addition, famed promoter Don King signed her as his first female client in 1993.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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As a prize fight champion, Olympic gold medalist and now successful boxing promoter, Oscar De La Hoya should be the last person on earth who supports Jake Paul.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Protester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protester. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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