Collocations withprotest
These are words often used in combination withprotest.
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act of protest
In such reports, the fate of victimhood loomed larger than the act of protest.
From theCambridge English Corpus
anti-government protests
The controversial deal played a major part in prolonged anti-government protests on the island that resulted in over a hundred deaths.
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anti-war protest
The cover photo features an elderly couple being arrested at an anti-war protest, holding hands and flashing peace signs as they are led away.
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form of protest
The central form of protest is no longer political but aesthetic - the capacity to apprehend differently, to create a different cognitive map.
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formal protest
If so, does it propose to make any formal protest?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
howl of protest
The howl of protest was loud and predictable.
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letter of protest
The council's letter of protest has been acknowledged.
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loud protest
It is time that we raised a loud protest about the deliberate policy of "go-slow" on water.
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mass protest
The 1867 campaign to abolish the "star cars" was a result of direct action mass protest.
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massive protest
If direct action was not taken, even more massive protest rallies would follow.
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official protest
They have not renewed the verbal objection they made some time ago, and they have not followed that up with any official protest.
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organized protest
In the absence of organized protest, officials refused to accept farmers' claims that the control board's price policy made cocoa farming unremunerative.
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peaceful protest
The president later defended in public the right of civil society to peaceful protest.
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popular protest
Popular protest forced major changes in the system within two years.
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protest movement
Such unsporting conduct drew international ire and led to the formation of a strong protest movement.
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protest rally
The news today that the security forces prevented opposition politicians from staging a protest rally does not bode well.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
protest vote
This confirms that at this early stage, they and others could not envisage that a protest vote was conceivable or possible.
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public protest
There is, however, little accountability from below or overt public protest about the quality of state schooling.
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silent protest
Several weeks ago the regime attempted in all manner of ways to prevent them from mounting a silent protest on the sixth anniversary of their husbands' imprisonment.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
social protest
But thuggee was a type of banditry entirely devoid of any trace of social protest.
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storm of protest
The government cannot annul this contract and replace it with another without risking a storm of protest.
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street protest
The consequences of crisis have pushed political efficacy to the forefront, in the street protests that contributed to the succession of leadership changes late last year.
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vigorous protest
I want to make the most vigorous protest.
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Hansard archive
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violent protest
Paradoxically, then, the presence of the police made violent protest safe, limiting the damage an unarmed, ill-coordinated crowd could do.
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widespread protest
These records confirm a picture of very widespread protest.
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