protest
Example Sentences
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Apart from chopping four hours off the working week, he extended free healthcare and introduced civil unions, laying the ground for a gay marriage bill that was adopted over a decade later, despite mass protests.
From Barron's
Tens of thousands of people had gathered at a stadium on 28 September 2009 to protest against the possibility of Camara running for president.
From BBC
As sometimes destructive protests broke out after police were acquitted, King made his celebrated plea, “Can we all get along?”
From Los Angeles Times
Jane Fonda, the renowned actor and political crusader, has made air quality a target of her protests.
From Los Angeles Times
In the especially nasty autumn of 1954, women in June Cleaver dresses and gas masks protested outside the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
From Los Angeles Times
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