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Noun
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The Trump administration's crackdown on Columbia University, where a massive pro-Palestinian protest movement began with a tent encampment last spring, has thrust the campus into crisis and sparked fears of similar actions at colleges across the country.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025 -
Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead the school’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, is married to a US citizen and had a green card.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
22 Mar. 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
Noun
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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
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The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the overnight U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, the Associated Press reported.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Israel has slowly increased its military strikes in Gaza.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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Some people appeared to buy tickets as a counterprotest.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Bass, in the Fox 11 interview, also questioned why the university allowed the counterprotest to take place next to the pro-Palestinian encampment, which had been largely peaceful until then.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2024
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“Counterrally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterrally. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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