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1. protests

   A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance or a maree richo) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to enact desired changes themselves. Where protests are part of a systematic and peaceful nonviolent campaign to achieve a particular objective, and involve the use of pressure as well as persuasion, they go beyond mere protest and may be better described as a type of protest called civil resistance or nonviolent resistance.Various forms of self-expression and protest are sometimes restricted by governmental policy (such as the requirement of protest permits), economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly. One state reaction to protests is the use of riot police. Observers have noted an increased militarization of protest policing in many countries, with police deploying armored vehicles and snipers against protesters. When such restrictions occur, protests may assume the form of open civil disobedience, more subtle forms of resistance against the restrictions, or may spill over into other areas such as culture and emigration. A protest itself may at times be the subject of a counter-protest. In such cases, counter-protesters demonstrate their support for the person, policy, action, etc. that is the subject of the original protest. Protesters and counter-protesters can sometimes violently clash. One study found that non-violent activism during the civil rights movement in the United States tended to produce favorable media coverage and changes in public opinion focusing on the issues organizers were raising, but violent protests tended to generate unfavorable media coverage that generated public desire to restore law and order.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of protests in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of protests in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of protests in a Sentence

1. Mikhail Dmitriyev:

   We see some indications of a relatively large potential for protests which are economically driven, which are related to the deterioration of the basic living standards.

2. The Foreign Ministry:

   The government of India strongly protests against the continued infiltration from Pakistan of trained terrorists with instructions to carry out attacks, this is contrary to assurances given by the Pakistani leaders at the highest level.

3. Brad Adams:

   People should be protected in holding demonstrations, especially around issues of great public interest, but with Vietnam's poor record of handling protests, there's every reason to believe that police are punishing dissent, not simply keeping public order.

4. Renad Mansour:

   That's a lesson they learned from Basra in 2018 because protests stopped after 20 or so people were killed ... there's a logic that if you kill enough people they'll quiet down.

5. Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong:

   The City of Oakland faced four days of gatherings, most of which were peaceful, but we had protests that became violent, that became challenging for the department and the city.

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1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests