dissent
Example Sentences
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Coupled with shortages of food and medicine, the situation has triggered rare public dissent in the form of street protests.
From BBC
Two Fed governors dissented in January, with Stephen Miran and Christopher Waller voting to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point.
From Barron's
Florence, wracked by dissent and besieged by the Holy Roman Empire, remained in ferment until the Medicis consolidated power in 1530 into what became the Duchy of Florence.
People fed up with rolling blackouts have staged sporadic protests in recent days, banging pots and shouting slogans against the government, rare demonstrations in a country known for repressing dissent.
From Los Angeles Times
Rare public dissent sparked by the recent crisis and national power cuts saw locals banging pots and pans in central Havana on Monday.
From BBC
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