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  • noun Plural form of demonstrator.

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Examples

  • All week, gun battles and shelling between state troops and soldiers backing the protest movement shook areas near "Change Square," the name demonstrators have given the street where thousands have camped out for eight months.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Gun battles and shelling between state troops and soldiers backing the protest movement shook areas near "Change Square," the name demonstrators have given the street where thousands have camped out for eight months.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Earlier, a video aired on Facebook showed what it described as demonstrators in Deraa shouting slogans earlier in the day against Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf, who owns several large businesses and is a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Many of the critical commentators on this blog and elsewhere seem to forget that the reason police officers have such close contact with demonstrators, is that UK police forces do not use water cannons, plastic baton rounds or CS gas in public order scenarios.

    Police Officer Seriously Injured « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • As the council was meeting with Mr. Karti in central Khartoum, a pro-unity rally clashed with about 40 counter-demonstrators from the south just blocks away.

    Tensions Rise Ahead of South Sudan Vote Joe Lauria 2010

  • The opposition claims the number of murdered demonstrators is more than 70 people.

    Global Voices in English » Martyrs of Iranian protests remembered online 2009

  • A brave Iranian emailed me this video he took yesterday of Iranian officials firing at demonstrators from a nearby roof.

    Iran Uprising Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 24) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • The shooting of eight demonstrators is not debate.

    Fiddling as Tehran burns. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Killing unarmed demonstrators is funny. posted by Dr. Dawg at 4: 10 PM

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • He said there was no way there could have been a rigged election, and he called the demonstrators to stop the protests.

    CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2009 2009

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