sit-in
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edit- A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.
- 2018 August 10, “Chinese Hui Muslims protest mosque demolition in Weizhou”, in Deutsche Welle[1], archived from the original on 10 August 2018, Asia[2]:
- Local sources said a sit-in protest by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place on Friday to defend the huge new mosque, which was built last year in the northern region of Ningxia.
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edittype of protest
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Adjective
editsit-in (not comparable)
- Designed to be sat in.
- a sit-in kayak
- a sit-in bath
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editFrench
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edit- “sit-in”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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