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Recent Examples of demonstrator
Ginny, an 81-year-old demonstrator who started protesting over 50 years ago during the anti-Vietnam War movement, echoed Yohanna’s sentiment.
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Regardless of what kind of weapon was used, Bibring said firing any weapon at a demonstrator’s head qualifies as a use of lethal force, and nothing in the video shows Islas, or anyone else, acting threatening.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
This test flight also delivered a demonstrator payload for @LockheedMartin.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
The order followed a three-day hearing in which plaintiffs — including a demonstrator known for wearing a chicken costume, a married couple in their 80s and two freelance journalists — testified that federal officers used chemical spray and projectile munitions against them.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Regardless of what kind of weapon was used, Bibring said firing any weapon at a demonstrator’s head qualifies as a use of lethal force, and nothing in the video shows Islas, or anyone else, acting threatening.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
This test flight also delivered a demonstrator payload for @LockheedMartin.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
The order followed a three-day hearing in which plaintiffs — including a demonstrator known for wearing a chicken costume, a married couple in their 80s and two freelance journalists — testified that federal officers used chemical spray and projectile munitions against them.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonstrator
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Several federal prosecutors who had worked on the Feeding Our Future cases resigned earlier this year in the wake of the death of protester Renee Good, who was fatally shot in January by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Amirhossein Hatami, an 18-year-old protester, was one of those 10 protesters.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Mayor Johnson pointed to a visit with Jackson to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate Bloody Sunday — the infamous day in 1965 in which some 600 marchers set off from Selma headed for the state capital of Montgomery in response to a shooting that killed a civil rights activist.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Nearly 61 years ago, Americans watched in horror as peaceful marchers in Selma, Alabama, were attacked for demanding the right to vote.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The following day at Haymarket Square in Chicago, an unknown agitator threw a bomb at police, killing one officer instantly and leading to a violent battle that killed several more law enforcement officers and protesters.—
Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Birdbaths that have small fountains or agitators also keep the water rippling.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Demonstrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstrator. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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