demonstrations

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Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following demonstrations calling for tougher action against undocumented migrants.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The atmosphere surrounding the state championships was notably calmer than a year ago, when demonstrations over Hernandez’s participation drew national attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The demonstrations began in early May with trade union demands for salary increases, stable fuel supplies and sounder economic management.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

They were jailed for 45 days, and by the time they were released, Daraa had weekly demonstrations that soon spread to the rest of the country.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

The new science often presented itself as a system of axioms and demonstrations, in Galileo’s Two New Sciences for example, or Newton’s Principia, but it was always grounded in facts and, less surely, in analogies.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton