as in protest
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When Burgum assumed the governorship in December 2016, a monthslong protest was raging against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which transports oil from North Dakota to Illinois.—
Mary Steurer,
ProPublica,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Some embraced the Democratic Party’s civil rights platforms while others vowed never to support a Democrat in protest of Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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And knowing that these neo-Nazis intend to show up during Pride month, activists hope that their celebratory counterdemonstrations and diversion measures may be enough to deter, humiliate, and push them out, one town at a time.—
Melissa Gira Grant,
The New Republic,
31 May 2023
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Dolloff is a security guard who was contracted through Pinkerton by CNN affiliate KUSA to accompany its reporting staff to a police support rally and a counterdemonstration, the station said in a statement.—
Steve Almasy and Andy Rose,
CNN,
15 Oct. 2020
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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On Saline’s first drive, Carr — who nearly had his first throw get picked off — went 6-for-6 for 55 yards as the nine-play, 80-yard march was capped by a 15-yard TD run by Rush.—
Brad Emons,
Detroit Free Press,
25 Aug. 2023
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Blake’s grandfather, Jacob Blake Sr., was a prominent minister and civil rights leader in the Chicago area who helped organize a march and spoke in support of comprehensive housing law in Evanston, Ill., days after the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.—
Stephanie Pagones,
Fox News,
24 Aug. 2020
Noun
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At least 80 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the announcement, Gaza’s Civil Defense said.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 48 people were killed in Israeli strikes between midday Wednesday and Thursday morning.—
Bradford Betz,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Yoon's conservative supporters, meanwhile, have held counterprotests, denouncing attempts to impeach the president.—
Bradford Betz,
Fox News,
14 Dec. 2024
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Several weeks later, Hefazat, which had been formed just three years earlier, staged counterprotests that mobilized several hundred thousand people.—
Michael Kugelman,
Foreign Affairs,
27 July 2017
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