protest
Example Sentences
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The BBC's analysis of protests includes only those for which we have verified video footage - the true number is almost certainly far higher.
From BBC
On most other issues, the Vietnamese government actively works to contain anti-China sentiment, but criticism affirming Hanoi's claims in the South China Sea is one of very few forms of protest it deems acceptable.
From BBC
More recently, student protests over price increases of mobile-phone data plans didn’t gain traction because of the fear of repression, as intelligence services surveil college activities.
Since then, ever more frequent and longer power cuts and shortages of food and medicine have deepened discontent and led to sporadic, smaller protests, quickly contained by the government.
From Barron's
By full-time, some fans had left their seats for a protest outside the main stand front door.
From BBC
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