Example Sentences

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An MP has started a protest outside a prison demanding urgent medical care for a hunger striker there.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

As a young activist in Paris, future Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh followed the Irish rebellion closely, and was reportedly inspired by the example of legendary Irish hunger striker Terence MacSwiney.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

Senior David Chmielewski, a hunger striker, said in an email Saturday that it started Friday morning with participants consuming water only.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

“Civil rights is not divisive,” said hunger striker Thenmozhi Soundararajan, executive director of the national Dalit civil rights organization Equality Labs and a member of the California Coalition for Caste Equity, before Newsom’s veto.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2023

No hunger striker has died in a Russian prison since Marchenko.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2021