COUNTERDEMONSTRATION Synonyms: 17 Similar Words

counterdemonstration

noun

as in protest

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Recent Examples of counterdemonstration 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 The protests have drawn fierce and vocal counterdemonstrations and a substantial police presence of about 12-20 officers. — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023 In Efrat, a group of 20 young men and teenagers gathered on the pavement opposite the anti-government protest, trying to drown out the protesters with a counterdemonstration of their own. — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023 That Thursday, plainclothes police could be seen corralling Cairo residents into taking part in a pro-Sisi counterdemonstration. — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2022 The counterdemonstration, which was focused on the anti-trans protesters, repeatedly criticized police for their handling of the protests. — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022 Portland Detective Erik Kammerer did not have probable cause to direct officers to arrest a woman for spitting on the ground in front of a police riot control van during a downtown protest and counterdemonstration in 2019, a federal judge has ruled. — oregonlive, 4 May 2022 Dolloff was 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 2020. — Hannah Sarisohn. Cnn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022

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The case centers on one of the most volatile chapters in UCLA history — the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests that racked the university, culminating in a violent spring attack at a campus encampment.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, a group of women in Havana blocked a street with buckets and tires in protest after several hours without water, according to a video shared by Silverio Portal, a former political prisoner and activist who lives in the capital.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

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Lawmakers from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies staged a counterprotest, calling for a discussion on examination paper leaks.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
While at the park, he’s caught in a police sweep and counterprotest that turns violent; one protester’s eye is liquefied.

— Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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In the Soviet Union, basic military training was compulsory in schools including gas mask drills, march practice, and rifle assembly.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
That march, an inflection point in the Civil Rights Movement, also came at a fraught moment for the country, when economic headwinds, civil unrest, political division and the war in Vietnam bitterly divided Americans.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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