protested
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Hundreds of thousands of students have protested in recent weeks over staff shortages and dilapidated facilities in the country's lycées - secondary schools attended by 15 to 18-year-olds.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Gertsle came with his wife and three children from a city inside Israel, but grew up in a settlement of the northern West Bank and had protested the closing of Ganim as a teenager.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
As Cunningham protested the call, Wilson walked over to a Fever fan who had been standing in front of his seat in the second row behind the basket and pointing in Wilson’s direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree route, but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against the parade.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The army now protested that it had never actually surrendered but had simply agreed to a cease-fire, and at the time of the armistice was still in possession of vast conquered territories.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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