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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tear gas canister fatally wounded one young demonstrator.
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Hundreds were hospitalized suffering from the effects of tear gas .
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On Sept. 17 reports stated that tear gas was used to halt protests at a Mandalay high school.
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Outside the group's headquarters, police and soldiers used tear gas against demonstrators.
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The air was filled with tear gas and hordes of these balloons floating on to the streets below in the afternoon sun.
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The Army moved in with a water cannon and tear gas , forcing the marchers into hasty retreat.
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They had to use tear gas to drive off the rioters.