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or protestor
as in demonstrator
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Recent Examples of protester
In late May, a video spread across Albanian social media of private security guards dragging a protester across the beach at the wetlands.
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Max Grinstein,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026
An anti-Israel protester who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator in California was sentenced to one year in county jail this week.
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Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
According to an incident report from the Greer Police Department, an altercation broke out between an event attendee and a protestor outside the venue.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
One [protestor] is standing there at the front, and Kingpin just grabs and hits him.
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Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Law enforcement wearing masks and vests marked with ICE patches were seen pulling protesters out of a crowd and detaining them, with at least one protester dragged across the ground, video from Freedom News TV shows.
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Sarah Dewberry,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
In January, a protester scaled the balcony of the Iranian embassy in London, pulling down the official national flag and brandishing the pre-revolution lion and sun flag.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The disruption in council chambers spawned a federal lawsuit from a protester alleging the city was limiting her ability to express herself.
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John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
Max Grinstein,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026
An anti-Israel protester who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator in California was sentenced to one year in county jail this week.
—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet.
—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
According to an incident report from the Greer Police Department, an altercation broke out between an event attendee and a protestor outside the venue.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
One [protestor] is standing there at the front, and Kingpin just grabs and hits him.
—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Law enforcement wearing masks and vests marked with ICE patches were seen pulling protesters out of a crowd and detaining them, with at least one protester dragged across the ground, video from Freedom News TV shows.
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Sarah Dewberry,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
In January, a protester scaled the balcony of the Iranian embassy in London, pulling down the official national flag and brandishing the pre-revolution lion and sun flag.
—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The disruption in council chambers spawned a federal lawsuit from a protester alleging the city was limiting her ability to express herself.
—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protester
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An anti-Israel protester who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator in California was sentenced to one year in county jail this week.
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In a new video, the pilot showed how he was allowed hands-on time with a simulator for the company’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft and its planned Overture passenger jet.
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Yesterday, the Sun asked this question of a wide variety of people – an auxiliary policeman, a protest marcher, a steelworker, a politician, a barber, a bridegroom, a bootblack and others.
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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.
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Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally.
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White attributed most of the hateful comments to online agitators rather than true WNBA or Indiana Fever fans.
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The process involves a series of hearings in which election judges review signatures one-by-one, and typically requires the objector and the candidate to hire an attorney.
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After a two-year National Service stint as a hospital orderly (thanks to his own conscientious-objector status), Hockney landed at the Royal College of Art, in London, in the fall of 1959.
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The Bongino Report, the website of the right-wing firebrand who would eventually serve a brief term as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, claimed that Check My Ads was violating tax rules.
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Now, the right-wing firebrand has managed to win the backing of at least four billionaires as of May 6, according to the latest available election data—including the CEO and cofounder of Kalshi.
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The Onion is pressing ahead with its takeover of InfoWars, the conspiracy-laden media empire formerly owned by far-right provocateur Alex Jones.
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The height of her popularity came during her 12-year relationship with French provocateur Serge Gainsbourg.
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The Constitution was crafted out of fear — fear of concentrated power, factional dominance, corruption, demagogues, unchecked executives, and the use of public office for personal gain.
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But those standards can be easily stretched by demagogues, and a simple majority on the committee is enough to ban a party, though a panel of nine Supreme Court justices can overturn the decision on appeal.
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As genetics, psychology, and neuroscience ascended, the twentieth century sent physiognomy back into disrepute, and today, from Lavater to Lombroso, its promoters may seem a racist shade of quaint.
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During The Huns’ audition at the Cellar, Nugent was standing next to club owner/promoter Paul Sampson, who was skeptical of the group’s Catholic schoolboy looks — braces, short haircuts and all.
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“Protester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protester. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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