public protest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandprotest
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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protest
noun
uk/ˈprəʊ.test/us/ˈproʊ.test/
a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, ...
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(Definition ofpublicandprotestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is, however, little accountability from below or overtpublicprotestabout the quality of state schooling.
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The final form of response to these policies waspublicprotest.
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In such circumstances, to try to arousepublicprotestagainst corruption is to ask the beneficiaries of the system to condemn it.
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It also introduced a new form ofpublicprotestand innovative means of mobilizing public opinion against undesired policies.
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So much of proven value was to be jettisoned that strikes threatened and, less easy to outface, a chorus of authoritative voices rose up in verypublicprotest.
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Those proposals have been withdrawn only under a hail of parliamentary andpublicprotest.
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They should not be provided in areas of least organisedpublicprotestand most obliging councillors and officials.
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I am at a loss to understand the lack ofpublicprotestover his indiscretions.
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Sometimes apublicprotestalong with other countries may be the most effective means of influencing a situation.
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A mood is growing in the country that to be successful anypublicprotestmust have violent means.
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Despitepublicprotest, that publican's licence has been renewed.
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We are living in a new age ofpublicprotestand demonstration.
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Then there is the suggestion that apublicprotestwas organised.
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We accept the apology, but it does not mean that we do not make apublicprotest.
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The rising tide ofpublicprotestagainst the agency has continued unabated.
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They know that a soaring rate creates apublicprotest.
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It was born in the face ofpublicprotest.
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More than 40,000 names have been collected andpublicprotestmeetings have drawn unprecedented audiences.
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Just before that date, following a public meeting,publicprotestbegan to mount.
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