protest
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Shaw has showed up at track meets to protest Hernandez’s participation — which Hernandez’s mother has called threatening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Right to Roam co-director Nadia Shaikh said they hoped the protest would get Burnham's attention.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ned Ludd was the fabled hero of the early-19th-century Luddites, who smashed stocking frames—knitting machines for socks—and burned factories to protest job-destroying technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The protest was organized by the Catholic Church along with business leaders and families of missing persons.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Sometimes people get away with stuff like that now. Unremarkables march and protest when it happens, but...”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has an AI data center reporting website with 9,580 locations—suitable for finding protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He also was a political activist who took part in protests against Myanmar’s military in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
In mid-August, protests erupted in Barinas and Valencia, the country's third-largest city, as well as oil industry hub Maracaibo.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Attempts to discredit the cockroach protests in similar ways, however, gained less traction for a number of reasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
After a brief lull at the start of Nixon’s presidency, the war protests had been growing lately.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
At this point, even pacifying the thousands of fans who protested against the club's ownership before the Old Trafford defeat by 10-man City looks beyond them.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
On Thursday, 120 taxi drivers in the eastern province of Kerman protested a cut in their allocation of subsidized fuel, according to the Union of Truckers and Drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
No wonder disgusted fans have protested both inside and outside Angel Stadium all summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I only go for check store,” Joao protested.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
She has obtained more than 2,200 signatures on an online petition protesting its relocation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Because data centers are a local and state issue, citizens are finding they have real leverage in protesting their construction.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mountains of garbage line Havana’s streets, some set ablaze by residents protesting their living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I have not seen Jefferson,” he wrote Monroe in code, “and have thought it best to present him no opportunity of protesting to his friend against being embarked on this contest.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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