Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: sit-in

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

African American students should be proud of the Greensboro sit-in in 1960, which then dismantled segregation in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Source: https://sfbayview.com/2023/08/get-your-ass-in-the-water-and-swim-like-aaren-rudolph/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-your-ass-in-the-water-and-swim-like-aaren-rudolph

After receiving an application for a sit-in at Mangadh Chowk in Varachha on Sunday morning, Surat police detained Zilariya from Amroli in Surat.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-surat-diamond-bourse-today-chief-of-union-that-plans-sit-in-detained-9071198/

At the sit-in, the school board chairman initially said publicly we could “stay as long as you want.”

Source: https://forward.com/opinion/554709/sit-in-civil-rights-education-desegregation-chicago-jewish/

A woman who was ordered to tear-down a shed which stores her mobility scooter has vowed that she won't give in 'without a fight' and is prepared to stage a 'sit-in' protest if necessary.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12576259/Former-nurse-83-puts-shed-mobility-scooter-parking-space-doesnt-drive-landlord-demands-removes-it.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Bundelkhand Vikas Sena of Lalitpur staged a sit-in at a garden in Lalitpur to protest against the tenth-rate medical facilities being provided at Laitpur district hospital.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-bundelkhand-vikas-sena-members-stage-sit-in

Demonstrators block an intersection during a sit-in demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.

Source: https://abc7.com/hollywood-highland-protest-gaza/14066610/

Following the game supporters staged a sit-in protest to voice their anger at the direction of the club on and off the field.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/everton-fans-fear-bleak-future-as-premier-league-status-hangs-by-a-thread/

Hariri took her anger to the streets, protesting alongside teachers who demanded better wages at a sit-in in September.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/lebanese-children-miss-out-on-education-as-crisis-takes-toll/

However, instead, I received an overall feeling of hurt, disappointment, invisibility and disbelief,” Giles said at the Feb. 8 sit-in.

Source: https://thehoya.com/gu-protects-racists-restarts-sit-ins-students-demand-justice-for-lahannah-giles/

"I can't tell you how long I've dreamt of having a proper sit-in shop.

Source: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/cookie-extraordinaires-open-dream-caf-26886244

In 1958, Walters organized the country’s first lunch counter sit-in to protest segregation.

Source: https://madamenoire.com/1340289/stacey-abrams-howard-univeristy/

In 1964, police arrested some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley, one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in.

Source: https://wtop.com/back-in-the-day/2023/12/today-in-history-december-3-gas-disaster-in-bhopal-india-kills-thousands/

In collaboration with the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), the sit-in demonstration conveyed a powerful message that lasting peace can only be achieved through amicable resolutions.

Source: https://www.northeasttoday.in/2023/07/28/non-manipuri-residents-traders-join-hands-in-sit-in-protest-for-peace-in-manipur/

Instead of leaving at the end of a march in Khartoum, protesters occupied the area around the military headquarters and began an indefinite sit-in.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/as-sudan-generals-massacre-people-organise-against-the-state-and-military/

Michael Young from the Carnegie Middle East Center said the sit-in reflected the lawmakers' "frustration".

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/lebanese-mps-sleep-parliament-press-end-impasse

Odisha BJP leaders and workers launched a dharna (sit-in protest) in outside the Capital police station here in protest of the arrest of 22 Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists including state president Irasish Acharya.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/bjp-launches-protest-outside-police-station-in-odisha-over-arrest-of-bjym-activists/

Several Stanford students started a sit-in at White Plaza at noon on Friday — they hope to break for the longest sit-in at Stanford.

Source: https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/23/students-stage-sit-in-at-white-plaza-to-demand-university-action-for-palestine/

Several Stanford students started a sit-in at White Plaza at noon on Friday — they hope to break for the longest sit-in at Stanford.

Source: https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/23/students-stage-sit-in-at-white-plaza-to-demand-university-action-for-palestine/

The chief justice, during the hearing, questioned what the incumbent government was doing on the implementation of the SC’s decision in the sit-in case.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/11/02/sc-rejects-govts-fact-finding-committee-on-faizabad-sit-in/

The demonstration included a march to the Whitmore Administration Building, a delivery of demands for Chancellor Javier Reyes and a sit-in protest that resulted in the arrest of 57 protesters.

Source: https://dailycollegian.com/2023/10/57-protestors-arrested-at-whitmore-sit-in/