as in objecting
to present an opposing opinion or argument
discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up
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The city is asking that the time to respond to the Crowley suit be extended to June 27 and Crowley’s attorney are not objecting to the delay.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
7 May 2026 -
Protest signs objecting to the multi-billionaire pair’s involvement have showed up all over Manhattan in the days leading to to the gala, which benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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But it was denounced in others after a group of Iraqi artists pulled out of the show, protesting a French artist’s work that featured graphic images of tortured Abu Ghraib detainees.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 May 2026
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Well, there’s nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting against Israel’s destruction of Gaza.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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“Remonstrating (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remonstrating%20%28with%29. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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