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Recent Examples of counterprotest
There have been allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia in protests and counterprotests.
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Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Shirt claiming 'censorship' also banned Protests and counterprotests outside the school followed as the controversy grew.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Yoon's conservative supporters, meanwhile, have held counterprotests, denouncing attempts to impeach the president.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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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Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Shirt claiming 'censorship' also banned Protests and counterprotests outside the school followed as the controversy grew.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Yoon's conservative supporters, meanwhile, have held counterprotests, denouncing attempts to impeach the president.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterprotest
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Trump has particularly threatened universities over campus protests against U.S. ally Israel's devastating military assault on Gaza after a deadly October 2023 attack by Palestinian Hamas militants.—
Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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In December, a Riverside Unified School District board meeting drew national attention and massive opposing protests outside the meeting.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 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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“Counterprotest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterprotest. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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