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- noun Plural form of
counterprotester .
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Examples
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The counterprotesters were a cohesive group, while the other side of the barricade was not.
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Scott Walker, rallying on the steps of the state Capitol as anti-union counterprotesters gathered nearby.
Jason Salzman: How a Small Tea Rally Looks Bigger in the News Jason Salzman 2011
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Across the street from the convention center, counterprotesters had organized Occupy The Koch Brothers, featuring a Guerilla Drive-In event featuring videos "fun videos that expose the Koch Brothers in colossal fashion," according to the event's website.
Occupy DC Protesters March On Koch-Affiliated Event At Convention Center (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Eric Lipton of The New York Times notes that the Koch-financed Tim Phillips, the president of Americans for Prosperity, told a large group of counterprotesters who had gathered Saturday at one edge of a union protest, "We are going to bring fiscal sanity back to this great nation."
Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Contours and Context of the Conservative Class War in Wisconsin Eric Alterman 2011
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Eric Lipton of The New York Times notes that the Koch-financed Tim Phillips, the president of Americans for Prosperity, told a large group of counterprotesters who had gathered Saturday at one edge of a union protest, "We are going to bring fiscal sanity back to this great nation."
Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Contours and Context of the Conservative Class War in Wisconsin Eric Alterman 2011
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Across the street from the convention center, counterprotesters had organized Occupy The Koch Brothers, featuring a Guerilla Drive-In event featuring videos "fun videos that expose the Koch Brothers in colossal fashion," according to the event's website.
Occupy DC Protesters March On Koch-Affiliated Event At Convention Center (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The event will take place on the private property of a local rancher, so counterprotesters will not be permitted.
'Tea party' groups plan Arizona rally against illegal immigration 2010
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The event will take place on the private property of a local rancher, so counterprotesters will not be permitted.
'Tea party' groups plan Arizona rally against illegal immigration 2010
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A demonstration by a dozen white supremacists at one of the nation's most famous Civil War battlefields ended without incident Saturday, as police kept them isolated from the slightly larger group of counterprotesters.
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The event will take place on the private property of a local rancher, so counterprotesters will not be permitted.
'Tea party' groups plan Arizona rally against illegal immigration 2010
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