protest
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Some 130 French high schools remained closed on Monday, the education ministry said, with authorities hoping the protest movement that has rocked the nation in recent weeks would ease ahead of half-term holidays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Both leaders, however, did not join the protests on Sunday but have said they will seek a new protest date from the police.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Authorities mounted a sweeping security operation across the capital on Saturday, detaining thousands to prevent protesters from gathering at Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site, the CJP and Indian media reports said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Police had repeatedly warned those taking part in the unnotified protest that they could be liable for arrest.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Nhamo didn’t protest as her cousin took some of the heavy packets of mealie meal from the basket and transferred them to the sling on her back.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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In the city of Mardan, an AFP journalist saw a truck that had acted as a rallying point during the long march protests stripped of its images of Khan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Their protests, launched in 2018 over a planned fuel tax rise, saw massive demonstrations and clashes between police and protesters that shook the presidency during Macron's first term in office.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Both leaders, however, did not join the protests on Sunday but have said they will seek a new protest date from the police.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
On Thursday, police said they had begun issuing letters inviting people "reasonably suspected" of committing offences linked to the protests to interview.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Usually at rallies or protests cuz a lot of folks attended rallies for my dad years ago.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree parade route but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against it.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Thousands of teachers have protested regularly since mid-September as the movement against "unfulfilled promises" spread from Tripoli to Benghazi, in the east.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Thousands of auto industry workers in Germany protested against huge swaths of job cuts and state industrial policy Monday, following a call to mobilize by labor union IG Metall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Community members have protested for weeks, demanding Lienhard be reinstated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He protested, but it wasn’t until 1946 that the Army restored him to his previous rank.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Eileen Coyne, a Jackson supporter who was also out protesting, agreed.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
He says he and his friends have been protesting peacefully, but strangers were hijacking their protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Students are protesting about a lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The 37-year-old was protesting on Tuesday to "demand our rights" and to have a wage raise "just like other public-sector employees whose salaries were increased".
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Still, he was a very reasonable sort of bird, and when he saw that protesting did him no good, he recovered his customary dignity and decided to let Mr. Popper lead him.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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