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Recent Examples of marcher
Some of the marchers were violently attacked and jeered at by onlookers, and more than 100 women were hospitalized for injuries, according to the National Archives.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
The civil-rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner had been murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the previous summer, and that February, Jimmie Lee Jackson, a twenty-six-year-old marcher, was fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper after a voting-rights demonstration.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
For example, Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson used the Insurrection Act in the 1950s and 1960s to send the military to enforce court desegregation orders and to protect civil rights marchers.
—Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
In a state that sets the standard for music education and a region that pushes the limits of what marching bands can do, directors meticulously correct every arm angle, facial expression and the spacing between each marcher.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
The civil-rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner had been murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the previous summer, and that February, Jimmie Lee Jackson, a twenty-six-year-old marcher, was fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper after a voting-rights demonstration.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
For example, Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson used the Insurrection Act in the 1950s and 1960s to send the military to enforce court desegregation orders and to protect civil rights marchers.
—Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
In a state that sets the standard for music education and a region that pushes the limits of what marching bands can do, directors meticulously correct every arm angle, facial expression and the spacing between each marcher.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marcher
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The reactions of Idaho lawmakers, lawyers and gun-rights activists to the killing of a Minnesota protester run the gamut.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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And then there’s Kyle Rittenhouse, a counter-protester acquitted after fatally shooting two men and injuring another in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the post-Floyd protests.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In 2023, the firm was separately contracted to develop a linear aerospike rocket engine for a spaceplane demonstrator.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Lowell said Friday that Lemon had been attending the demonstration in a reporting capacity and not as a demonstrator.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sanders, who turned 84 in September, seems to have earned immunity from the party’s anti-gerontocratic agitators.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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First, there is the growing volume of anti-Wikipedia sentiment from right-wing agitators.—
Imogen West-Knights,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Marcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marcher. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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