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Recent Examples of counterprotest
Amid escalating tensions throughout the United States in reaction to the conflict, college campuses including at Ann Arbor have faced student protests and counterprotests.
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Elissa Robinson, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The first one was set up April 25, sparking mixed reactions and a largely peaceful counterprotest on April 28.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
At Columbia University, the veteran photojournalist and faculty member Nina Berman turned the lens on her own campus, chronicling the protests and counterprotests that erupted over the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), individuals may not block access to sidewalks or buildings, disrupt counterprotests, or engage in speech that is obscene, makes knowingly false statements of fact, or incites immediate violence or dangerous disturbances.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Elissa Robinson, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The first one was set up April 25, sparking mixed reactions and a largely peaceful counterprotest on April 28.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
At Columbia University, the veteran photojournalist and faculty member Nina Berman turned the lens on her own campus, chronicling the protests and counterprotests that erupted over the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), individuals may not block access to sidewalks or buildings, disrupt counterprotests, or engage in speech that is obscene, makes knowingly false statements of fact, or incites immediate violence or dangerous disturbances.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterprotest
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Its acceptance of vinyl chloride waste from the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment led to protests from local, state and federal officials.—
Sophia Valchine,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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Washington retired the name Redskins in July 2020 amid nationwide protests over race, initially becoming the Washington Football Team for two seasons, and then rebranding as the Washington Commanders in 2022.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
23 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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