remonstrates (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of remonstrate (with)
as in objects
to present an opposing opinion or argument discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up

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  1. objects
  2. protests
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  • Quasars – objects where matter is being ripped apart by black holes millions of times more massive than our Sun – seem to be likely candidates.
    — Yjan Gordon, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In Boston, Rodrigues of the National Parents Union – a nonprofit advocacy and grassroots organization – objects to schools using devices merely to occupy students.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Each of these leaders has read the Paris protests the way the data-center critics read the AI build-out, as though the protest is really about Gaza the way the backlash is really about transformers and water.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Copycat protests sprang up in other major Indian cities—Kolkata, Mumbai and Patna—lending the Gen Z protests the aura of a nationwide youth resistance that would humble Modi and force his education minister to resign.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of protests
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