protest
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Local residents have taken to the streets and beaches repeatedly this summer to protest the island’s growing flock of visitors, united by one message: “Tourists, go home.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The disorder in Portsmouth followed a separate anti-migrant protest at the Port of Dover the day before.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher, issued a public warning that went viral about the dangers of artificial intelligence and quit his job in protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Thousands of people are expected at protests in Dublin and a protest will also be held in Doonbeg.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
I open my mouth to protest, but he pulls out a pad of paper from his pocket and a little stub of pencil.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Thousands of people are expected at protests in Dublin and a protest will also be held in Doonbeg.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Police were given powers allowing them to outlaw the use of masks to conceal identities during protests under a law passed last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The fuel price hikes and quota cuts have triggered protests and strikes by Iranian truck, taxi and ride-share drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has told police chiefs that lessons must be learned from how they handled last weekend's anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth - saying she expects officers to use all powers necessary.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Nixon’s Cambodia invasion sparked the biggest protests to date.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Workers and retirees in the telecommunications, oil and teaching sectors have protested deteriorating living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Multiple charities protested what they said amounted to a “social cleansing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
As they waited, dozens of people protested the disappearance of eight fishermen between January and March, which family members and the NGO Human Rights Watch blame on US military personnel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Attiah, meanwhile, gained more than 10,000 new subscribers on Substack the day after announcing she had been fired and protested her dismissal by posing for a photoshoot outside the paper’s headquarters.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Oh, Amy, you don’t have to,” Mrs. Ames protested.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
He was expelled from Prairie View A&M University in 1971 after protesting against the expulsion of the editor of the student newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
His potential problem is that Venezuela has a population of nearly 30 million people who believe they are citizens of a sovereign country, and they are already protesting this deal furiously.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some men have gone to prison for protesting the ban.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
By the protesting squeak of the hinges you can tell it’s been a long time since it was opened.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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