Protest
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He's mildly embarrassed that he doesn't even speak spanish (a point of contention with his brother, who refuses to speak anything else around him out of protest).
Source: Series / Cougar Town -
However, since the historians refused to either acknowledge or speak about the Shape, their protest consisted entirely of a series of gestures and grimaces.
Source: Elephant in the Living Room - The Fundamentalist: several of them take to protest against the dragons, since they are convinced that the dragons are soulless demons, even when dragons try to speak to them.
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Speak and Protest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/protest/speak
Protest & Speak. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/protest/speak>.
Speak or Protest. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/protest/speak.
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