protest
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Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to break up a protest in the central town of Nanyuki against the construction of an Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
"Our officers have a role to facilitate and accommodate peaceful protest," he said, while cautioning against a repeat of widespread anti-immigrant rioting last June.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Caligiuri faked right then cut left, the beaten defender sticking his right leg out wildly in protest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
On Saturday, he returned to Delhi and organized the cockroach movement’s first street protest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Under protest, he agreed to accept just eighteen dollars, the price he had paid for the boat.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing protest
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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