under protest

idiom

: while expressing objection, disagreement, or disapproval of the need to perform an act
He paid the fine under protest.

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Britain’s Jeremiah Azu was also disqualified on Saturday and not allowed to ‘run under protest’ due to the clearcut nature of the decision. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024 If the ‘Start Information System’ ratifies the time as under 0.1 seconds, athletes cannot ‘run under protest’. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024 Apple is making these changes under protest Apple announced this shift to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), wide-ranging antitrust legislation that among other things seeks to make software distribution platforms fairer for developers. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024 The season eight finale of Chicago Med brought his frustration to a head, when Dayton insisted on going through with a surgery assisted by his OR 2.0 system, under protest by Dr. Crockett Marcel (Dominic Rains). Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023 James Dutton’s stern sister was less than enthused about joining James and his family on their excursion out west, but joined them under protest, along with her teenage daughter Mary Abel, after she was left widowed and without options by the death of her husband Henry. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022 Could Allen have run under protest? Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022 But officials apparently ruled there was no mechanism that would have allowed Allen to run the race under protest and then have the whole mess sorted afterwards. Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2022 The concert organizer paid the tax under protest and sued for a refund. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021

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“Under protest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20protest. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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