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demonstration

[dem-uhn-stray-shuhn] / ˌdɛm ənˈstreɪ ʃən /




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In Paris, where many shops had boarded up windows to prevent looting, and the Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay museums shut for the day, the main demonstration passed off largely peacefully.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The device represents the first demonstration of a very thin, two-dimensional robot that can move from place to place using living muscle tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lula "represents everything that I am," said 22-year-old Gabriela Ferreira at a leftist demonstration in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In 2016, former American football player Colin Kaepernick sat down and later knelt on one knee during the anthem as a demonstration against police brutality and racism in the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

I follow her gaze back to the demonstration kitchen.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The Interior Ministry estimated around 400,000 people took part in Saturday's demonstrations, with nearly 1,000 arrests made.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

PARIS—France was on alert for renewed violence Saturday as protesters prepared to take to the streets across the country, a week after demonstrations against the rising cost of living descended into widespread rioting and looting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The interior ministry said late Saturday it estimated a total 410,000 people turned out in nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living, with 110,000 in Paris.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Official announcements appear to have done little to deter organisers, with hundreds of large and small demonstrations planned across France.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Speaking at Selma's Brown Chapel on January 2, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for massive voting rights demonstrations.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman


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