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hunger march

British  

noun

  1. a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed

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In response to a pro-democracy hunger march, he scoffed, “The authorities will always eat their fill.”

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2022

He thinks about his late friend, John Bulla, who was a successful businessman in Texas, and how they endured the hunger march across northern Europe.

From Washington Times Nov. 21, 2020

On March 7, 1932, in Dearborn, Michigan, 4,000 unemployed workers led a hunger march.

From Salon May 19, 2013

Last week the great "hunger march" of jobless men & women from all over the United Kingdom converged ominously on London.

From Time Magazine Archive

At ten he remembers a miners' hunger march.

From Time Magazine Archive

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