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or protestors
as in demonstrators
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agitators
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Republicans have blamed many of those confrontations on Democratic activists and agitators.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025 -
One of the book’s most intriguing characters is Roth, a judge who used racial slurs in private and initially viewed NAACP lawyers as outside agitators.—
John Blake,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Protesters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protesters. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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