How to Use anti-war in a Sentence
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The civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s inspired her.
— Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 -
The exchange, at least in the short term, means those anti-war voices are exiled, and not a threat to the system.
— Nathan Hodge, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Still, could the war in Ukraine inspire the Academy to honor this anti-war film?
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 11 Mar. 2023 -
Many of the roughly 150 people there are wearing fuschia in honor of Code Pink, the anti-war group hosting the event.
— TIME, 16 Oct. 2023 -
Our position is anti-war — there is no room for any gray zones.
— Stjepan Hundic, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2023 -
White, male, Christian, anti-war, an enemy to the Biden regime.
— CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023 -
In Yefremov, Russia, a 13-year-old girl drew an anti-war picture in school.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Apr. 2023 -
Around the world, thousands took to the streets to join anti-war demonstrations with record attendances.
— Gary Grimes, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Ellsberg spent much of the rest of his life as prominent anti-war activist.
— Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 -
The crowd cheered, but in the 1960s the boxer had been criticized for his religious beliefs and anti-war stance.
— Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2023 -
My parents were very involved in the anti-war movement and the anti-nuke movement.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024 -
That song was among the emotional highlights of the concert, as anti-war images flooded the video screen.
— Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Yet McCloskey stood in front of the Capitol to address throngs of angry young anti-war marchers in October of 1969.
— Ron Elving, NPR, 18 May 2024 -
Yes, Avis and Stanley become involved in the anti-war movement.
— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023 -
Walton’s involvement with civic unrest and the anti-war protests at UCLA will also be part of the series.
— oregonlive, 2 May 2023 -
Mikhail says his boss forced him to quit his job because parents complained about his public anti-war stance.
— Rosa Flores, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023 -
The country was engulfed in anti-war protests as tens of thousands of young Americans died for nothing, and many more were left scarred for life.
— Vuk Vukovic, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024 -
DeWitt, a longtime anti-war activist and advocate for the unhoused, flew to Texas in 2018 with a friend for a protest rally in McAllen.
— Palabra, al, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Richard Nixon enraged the anti-war masses without even showing up.
— Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 4 July 2023 -
One talk show compared Carlson’s visit to Jane Fonda’s anti-war trip to Vietnam in 1972.
— Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024 -
The arrests marked the first time the university has called the cops on student protesters since 1968, during anti-war protests against the Vietnam War.
— Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024 -
The director of The Zone of Interest accepted his award with an anti-war speech that drew praise and confusion.
— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 -
She was arrested for anti-war posts on social media, the BBC reports.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Blockading roads is not a new tactic: Suffragettes, civil rights activists, and anti-war activists have all blocked roads in past decades.
— Amy Westervelt, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2023 -
That spring, the US had withdrawn the last of its troops from Vietnam, and anti-war anger remained palpable on college campuses.
— Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023 -
Nevertheless, there is so far no groundswell of anti-war protest, apart from a small contingent of military moms and wives.
— Nina Shea, National Review, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Both stand as unconventional anti-war films in their own ways.
— Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 June 2023 -
What must that official think of this movie, which deploys fantasy to present a powerful anti-war stance?
— Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024 -
The musicians fear they’ve been targeted for their anti-war stance, according to their defense team.
— Bloomberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024 -
And thousands appear prepared to flout the IDF's ban on gatherings in Israel of over 2,000 people with large vigils as well as anti-war rallies.
— NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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