sheer numbers

"He [Paul Mason da bbc] further states that “I have covered Syntagma, the Occupy protests and reported from Tahrir Square. This is different to all of them.”
“First, it is massive. The sheer numbers dwarf any single episode of civil unrest in Greece.”
“Second, the breadth of social support – within the urban enclave of Istanbul – is bigger than Greece and closer to Egypt.”"

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