protesting
Example Sentences
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An elderly spectator was booted from the nearby overflow room one day for snapping a souvenir photo, protesting as he was led away by marshals that he had arrived hours early to get his spot.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
The Bolivian government struck a deal with protesting miners on Friday, but was still grappling with blockades and demonstrations by other workers across La Paz.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
If we’re all so susceptible to social influence—to quitting smoking when our friends do, getting into solar when our neighbors do, voting and protesting when our roommates do—then we’re all also purveyors of social influence.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
He expressed his frustration at those chants, and chairman Alan Pace supported Parker in a BBC Football Focus interview - comparing protesting fans to children.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
I wave to the security guard, who peers at me suspiciously as I rip the balloon off the vase, struggling to catch my breath, my lungs protesting all this running.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
