protest
Example Sentences
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I start to protest, but she doesn’t stop pointing until I begrudgingly unload my homework on the coffee table.
From Literature
The events have sparked protests and prompted confusion over what ICE is legally allowed to do in public and private locations.
From Salon
A hundreds-strong crowd in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against the country's prosecution for genocide, a rare public protest permitted by military authorities accused of the atrocities against the Rohingya minority.
From Barron's
But the group, which has an extensive network of sources inside Iran and has tracked the protests on a daily basis since they began, added it was still investigating another 17,091 possible fatalities.
From Barron's
Under the First Amendment, anyone in the U.S. has the right to engage in peaceful protest, which can include yelling, using profane language, videotaping officers and following them in a car, legal experts say.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
