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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tear-gas .
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Examples
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According to McGovern, Bahrain recently denied entry to several human rights monitors and on Monday, police tear-gassed mourners attending a funeral for a teenager who died in police custody.
Renee Parsons: Bahrain Arms Sale Challenges Congress Renee Parsons 2012
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The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators most likely at some point will be cleared out, tear-gassed, and clubbed into relinquishing their liberated territory as was the case with the Bonus Army of veterans that occupied Washington in 1932.
Joseph A. Palermo: The Big Banks Lose Control of the Optics Joseph A. Palermo 2011
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On Wednesday, Mr. Erdogan appeared to blame the BDP for another attack on his convoy, this time by rock-throwing protesters on Tuesday, in which one of his security team was injured and a protester died of a heart attack while being tear-gassed.
Turkish Leader Courts Kurds Before Key Vote Marc Champion 2011
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The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators most likely at some point will be cleared out, tear-gassed, and clubbed into relinquishing their liberated territory as was the case with the Bonus Army of veterans that occupied Washington in 1932.
Joseph A. Palermo: The Big Banks Lose Control of the Optics Joseph A. Palermo 2011
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The big banks can crash the economy and commit crimes and are offered modest "settlements," but when people show up to complain they are beaten, maced, tear-gassed and arrested.
Dave Johnson: Why You Should Attend An Occupy Meeting Dave Johnson 2011
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The police tear-gassed the students, who responded by shouting and throwing objects at them.
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Uganda's veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye, President Yoweri Museveni's main challenger during the disputed Feb. 18 election, has been beaten, tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed on several occasions during the protests.
Uganda Police Arrest Opposition Leader Nicholas Bariyo 2011
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On Wednesday, Mr. Erdogan appeared to blame the BDP for another attack on his convoy, this time by rock-throwing protesters on Tuesday, in which one of his security team was injured and a protester died of a heart attack while being tear-gassed.
Turkish Leader Courts Kurds Before Key Vote Marc Champion 2011
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Police forces tear-gassed and assaulted members of the community, most of them immigrants from the Dominican Republic.
Global Voices in English » Puerto Rico: The Battle Over Public Lands 2009
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According to McGovern, Bahrain recently denied entry to several human rights monitors and on Monday, police tear-gassed mourners attending a funeral for a teenager who died in police custody.
Renee Parsons: Bahrain Arms Sale Challenges Congress Renee Parsons 2012
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