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peaceful protest
noun as in sit-in
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Example Sentences
Greenpeace has accused Shell of using "bullying tactics" against peaceful protest while the oil giant says the stunt posed a serious risk to life.
The demonstration marks the end of a nine-day hīkoi, or peaceful protest, that’s been making its way through the country.
“What we’re trying to do is be close enough to these young women that you can understand how, in their late teens and early 20s, they would join a paramilitary organization, believing that peaceful protest is never going to work. We want you to be there with them, but then also to see the human wreckage of their decisions,” Keefe said over breakfast in Manhattan, N.Y., where he was joined by Zetumer and director Michael Lennox.
At the same time, a hīkoi - or peaceful protest march - organised by a Māori rights group is continuing to make its way towards the capital, Wellington.
"He has talked about turning the American military on American people. He has talked about going after people who are engaged in peaceful protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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