civil right
Example Sentences
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As the legal fight continues, advocates warn that accessibility is increasingly treated as an inconvenience rather than a civil right — a shift with consequences far beyond a single White House briefing.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025
"We are here to claim our victory. We are making a peaceful march, which is a civil right for all Cameroonians - for everyone," another protester said.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
Ife Jones, a first-year student at Emory University in Atlanta, linked her current activism to the 1960s civil right movement, which her family had participated in.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
“We cannot afford the liability cases and the risk of civil right violations and risk getting this wrong,” Horvath said at the board meeting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2023
It is true they were allowed the possession of the forty-shilling franchise; but will any man say that the existence of that civil right was a benefit to the country?
From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
