peaceful protest

Example Sentences

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“Ours is a free society where the right to peaceful protest is sacred.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

A peaceful protest in support of a 37-year-old man shot and killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis was under way Saturday evening in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, international leaders called for the right to peaceful protest to be protected.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Sussex Police confirmed that a planned peaceful protest had taken place on Sunday morning in the town, and no arrests were made.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

It was a peaceful protest; orderly and insistent, like the ticking of a clock.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon