Sentence examples for swelling protests from inspiring English sources
Now the military finds itself in an unfamiliar role, caught between swelling protests and civilian leaders who appear reluctant to cede real power.
WASHINGTON — With Iran on a razor's edge after a week of swelling protests, the Obama administration has fended off pressure from both parties to respond more forcefully to the disputed election there.
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But when a heavyhanded crackdown on demonstrators ignited a far broader and more violent backlash against the military's power grab, Brotherhood leaders sent mixed signals about whether to join the swelling protests.
After a month of swelling protests in which much of the country seems to have risen up against it, the junta has few options other than intimidation and force, the tools it has used to keep itself in power for 19 years.
As their swelling protests shook the Egyptian state, they were locked in a virtual tug of war with a leader with a very different vision — Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak, a wealthy investment banker and ruling-party power broker.
This time, the swelling protest movement has had enough self-control, and enough ability to mount nonviolent demonstrations -- in effect, nonviolent analogues of riots -- that it has won increasing affirmation from the public, all the way to the president.
Abe's ruling party wants the bills passed by Friday to avoid a swelling of protests during an upcoming five-day weekend.
Yet the massive fan clubs for Turkey's big teams are also involved in many aspects of social life, supporting charities, co-ordinating political statements and, in recent days, swelling street protests.
The swelling tide of protests prompted President Dilma Rousseff to cancel a trip next week to Japan, her office said.
They had been reinstated in the deep of winter, on the heels of a dismal performance in parliamentary elections by United Russia, Mr. Putin's party, and with protests swelling in Moscow.
