How to Use anti-government in a Sentence

anti-government

adjective
  • Fires set by anti-government protesters burn in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 29th.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Salehi became a key voice of anti-government dissent in Iran during the 2022 ‘Woman, Life Freedom’ protests, with lyrics that galvanized protesters and urged them to unite.
    Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024

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