protest
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City council meetings in which citizens swarm to protest paying for the cameras are the new must-see TV.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s as close to a protest song as we ever got.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
But she makes such heavy weather of Hermione’s speeches denying her infidelity—bringing a fiery righteousness and much volume to her lengthy protestations—that Gertrude’s famous phrase, “The lady doth protest too much,” rattled through my head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
An anti-racism protest had taken place at Glasgow Green before counter-protesters turned up at the scene last month.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
I tried again to protest, but Mr. Smit had forgotten I existed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
At the heart of the protests across the country, that is the question being asked: Do we get to decide the future that AI unleashes?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The protests, which culminated in the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan last month, exposed deep frustration among young Indians over access to jobs and educational opportunities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The protests have focused on allegations of cheating and corruption in the fiercely competitive exams for government jobs and university places that are a key pathway for upward mobility in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
There have been protests in Piddington, Oxfordshire, over plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers at a site near the village.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Nonreligious white liberals have typically downplayed the role of religion in the civil rights movement, but historian Aldon Morris is correct in asserting that the lunch-counter protests were not primarily a college phenomenon.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Over 100 artists have protested Hinterhäuser’s removal, including two Nobel Prize laureates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The government appears to be struggling to put them in a bracket, unlike when farmers protested agricultural reforms five years ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
You have protested masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in your neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Others have also protested, including more than a thousand actors and producers who signed an open letter in April railing against the merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Elizabeth protested, “when there’s so much trouble with France?”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
We bicker about them, but the majority of Americans aren’t in the streets protesting.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some men have gone to prison for protesting the ban.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Why are thousands protesting for education reform in India?
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
I look around to see if anyone else is protesting, and mop my face with my T-shirt sleeve.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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