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provo
UK /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/ US /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/
name 4noun 3
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4ADJ.
late
VERB + PROVO
broke, convey, park, protested
PROVO + NOUN
belfast, cell, utah
PREP.
in, in, up
Definitions
name
1
A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s.
noun
1
A member of this movement.
Still, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has commented that without the example provided by the Dutch Provos to the young of other countries, Europe would have been a very different place in 1968.
‘Dude, we want to make a revolution!’ protested one German Provo.
noun
1
A member of the Provisional IRA.
The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.
'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head.
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Still, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has commented that without the example provided by the Dutch Provos to the young of other countries, Europe would have been a very different place in 1968.
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‘Dude, we want to make a revolution!’ protested one German Provo.
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The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast.
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'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head.
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Marcus Babington, whose father Henry (52) was shot dead by the Provos in a case of mistaken identity in Belfast in 1989, was one of those who criticised Mr Finucane, telling the Belfast Telegraph he c
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When LGBTQ students, alumni and friends gathered off campus at a park in Provo, Utah, for a back-to-school event last weekend, they were met by dozens of protesters.
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