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His supporters' rallies were dispersed with tear gas and water cannon and dozens were detained.

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At the ICE facility in Broadview on Saturday night, police pulled out wooden batons and pushed the crowd down the street, threatening to deploy tear gas if people didn’t disperse and go home.

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Oxygen is produced in older massive stars and dispersed into the cosmos through supernova explosions when they die.

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"Not long after, police showed up and started dispersing the protest with tear gas."

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Security forces charged at protesters with armoured vehicles, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds that gathered on Thursday near Lake Anosy and started marching towards the Ambohijatovo Gardens, AFP reporters saw.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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