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Meanings of protest in English
Expression of objection.
Synonyms
Examples for "protests"
Examples for "protests"
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Its oil industry is often targeted by protests, shutdowns and armed violence.
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Possible delays could occur if the protests continue for a long time.
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Afghan and UN officials said insurgents had incited violence at peaceful protests.
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Union representative John Maguire said workers remained determined to continue their protests.
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Critics led protests late last year calling for limits to be established.
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Samsung Germany said it would file an objection immediately with the court.
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In a statement, Samsung Germany said it would file an objection immediately.
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The Commission's statement of objection usually contains a deadline for a response.
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They didn't come back with an objection, he said at the time.
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Sam, however, had no objection to rabbit at all, and said so.
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It was simply a demonstration in support of the right to demonstrate.
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The decision to hold a demonstration was taken at a recent meeting.
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The event was an unprecedented demonstration of public concern about the environment.
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All in all, it's a good demonstration of proper competitive archery form.
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Local officials hailed the investment as a demonstration of confidence in Spain.
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India's home minister has called a crisis meeting to discuss the demonstrations.
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The issue has prompted unprecedented demonstrations across New Caledonia in recent years.
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Her action soon snowballed into demonstrations across Europe, the US and Australia.
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Mass demonstrations have resulted in at least 40 deaths there this year.
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Free choice held demonstrations to protest the requirement that children be inoculated.
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Justice Breyer, in dissent, said the case should have proceeded to trial.
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This was the first consensus without dissent since May of last year.
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But his comments masked internal dissent within the party on the issue.
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There is one area of dissent not resolved by the leadership change.
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Royal Mushrooms experienced dissent among its staff weeks before the mass uprising.
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Your understanding dissents, but your heart is not yet persuaded to refuse.
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Those dissents hew to the facts of the specific cases, though.
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Fed watchers think the critics may curb their dissents for the time being.
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They would learn to take dissents for what they are worth.
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But Fed watchers think the critics may curb their dissents for the time being.
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When the global power conflict was between Russia and the US, they were half a world away from us.
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And unlike the great power conflicts and clear lines of division that defined the 20th century, our effort will involve disorderly regions and diffuse enemies.
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Our feebleness is due to the conflict of powers in us and our conflict with each other.
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Gul, a co-founder of the ruling AK Party along with Erdogan in 2001, on Wednesday rejected the idea of a conflict of powers.
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Even to the laity of the Middle Ages, war was not a mere conflict of powers, in which the strongest power must necessarily prevail.
Usage of protest in English
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However, the right to protest does not permit the use of violence.
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Le Drain said Lebanese citizens' right to peaceful protest must be preserved.
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Media reports are bound to underestimate the true scale of protest, however.
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Campaigners across Europe are marching to protest against the war on terrorism.
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Also read: Eskom: Greenpeace activists take climate crisis protest to Megawatt Park
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They organize in vain; they protest in vain; they appeal in vain.
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Democratic Left, the junior partner, abstained in protest at labour market reforms.
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Its members include clergy, protest leaders, business leaders and law enforcement representatives.
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Free choice held demonstrations to protest the requirement that children be inoculated.
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We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
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They continue to protest and press the state to acknowledge their humanity.
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Even Germany, often cautious about criticism of Israel, issued a public protest.
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It is therefore rare that simply attending a protest will be illegal.
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MANY third level students will abandon lectures today to hold protest demonstrations.
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Officials in December cleared protest camps which had blocked several main roads.
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Will Occupy return to stake out a new protest campground this year?
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New Zealand
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