demonstrations

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A decade later, Iran faced another wave of demonstrations over a rise in fuel prices.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

In early December people took part in demonstrations near the 140-year-old base in Inverness city centre.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

No protest roadblocks remained standing in Bolivia on Tuesday, the government said, as it deployed the army to quell weeks-long demonstrations that had throttled roads nationwide.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

“There were demonstrations in the streets, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, drug revolutions, sex revolutions, riots, race riots. So we thought, what a good time to go out and do Black and white comedy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Beginning in 1960, black high school and college students staged sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters and restaurants in more than a hundred Southern cities.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman