How to Use anti-government in a Sentence

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• And the anti-government protests that rocked the country for most of last year, but were put on hold after Oct. 7, have made a return.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• Ortega has focused his ire on the Catholic Church since 2018, when a wave of anti-government protests swept the country.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• The channel has become one of the go-to sources for many Persian speakers looking for news on anti-government protests in Iran.
  — Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• Most Iranians saw it as a nod of support to the anti-government protests sweeping the country.
  — Forough Alaei, TIME, 13 July 2024
• Dozens of civilians were killed during anti-government protests in the East African country in July this year.
  — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
• Experts worried at the time about the spike in anti-government rhetoric, which had echoes on 1990s-era unrest over events such as the Waco, Texas, standoff.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• Girls have played a major role in Iran's recent anti-government protests.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 1 Mar. 2023
• Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged central Jerusalem on March 31 in the largest anti-government protest since the country went to war in October.
  — Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2024
• Sign up Watt brought a rabid anti-government and faux-populist ethos to the office of the Interior.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
• Charles originally planned to stop in France first, but anti-government protests there delayed that part of his trip.
  — Frank Jordans, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• The convictions were a major blow for the Oath Keepers, which Rhodes founded in 2009 and grew into one of the largest far-right anti-government militia groups.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
• These anti-government protests are still strictly separate from the hostage families’ events, which tend to take place just down the road at what has become known as the Hostage Plaza.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
• When anti-government protests broke out in Iran last year, Mr. Musk made Starlink available there to help activists stay online.
  — Adam Satariano, New York Times, 28 July 2023
• Kash's comments come as Trump has ratcheted up his anti-government and anti-media rhetoric on the campaign trail.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The principal of the school told her that agents appeared to be looking for footage of parents, some of whom chanted anti-government slogans and argued with them.
  — Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
• The killing sparked massive anti-government, anti-Syrian and anti-Hezbollah protests on the streets of Beirut.
  — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
• And then, on the other side of the political spectrum, last night, across Israel, tens of thousands of people took part in anti-government protests.
  — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
• The protest followed three days of anti-government demonstrations in Jerusalem when thousands took to the streets calling for more action to free the hostages and new elections to replace Netanyahu.
  — NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Crackdown on protests There have been concerns of unrest in the run-up to the poll, similar to deadly anti-government protests that broke out last August, over the rising cost of living.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 23 June 2023
• Thousands pour into the streets in weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
  — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• The following year, the games in Colombia were suspended in the midst of widespread anti-government protests, and in Argentina, owing to health concerns.
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024
• His father, a soldier, went off to fight anti-government rebels in Uganda’s civil war and never returned.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• In addition to deadly gang clashes, the country has also seen a resurgence of anti-government protests.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• But at the same time, they’re still committed to this anti-government ideology.
  — Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• In fact, weeks before his death, Joseph posted on Facebook that he had been threatened by politicians who accused him of inciting the anti-government protests.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
• Egyptians have claimed the lack of security at the stadium was intentional, since fans of the Al Ahly soccer league had shown up at anti-government protests.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2024
• Schoolgirls were active in the anti-government protests that began in September.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 4 Mar. 2023
• Critics have slammed Trump’s decision to hold the event in the central Texas city: The weeks-long siege in Waco three decades ago has become a rallying cry for right wing, anti-government violence.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
• There have been steady anti-government demonstrations in Israel — with protesters including relatives of hostages — since the start of the war.
  — D. Parvaz, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
• Hezbollah members actively sought to suppress the protest movement, setting fire to a camp of anti-government protesters.
  — Nicole Narea, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024