protest
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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 refused them permission to protest and unprecedented curbs were in place to thwart the protesters from reaching the venue.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Demonstrators told AFP they were angry because they were being denied their right to protest peacefully.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Hundreds of people have taken part in a protest against plans to build a new data centre because of concerns about its effects on the area.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Even though I want to protest every step we take into this strange house.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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A Finnish authority recently ordered work to halt on two Google data centre sites pending mandatory environmental assessments, and worried residents have also mounted protests in Visakhapatnam.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Saturday's protests came three days after the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
It followed protests in Dover where demonstrators were wearing face coverings.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
This week, Mamdani said that he remains committed to eliminating the unit and decoupling response to protests from counterterrorism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
According to shirts, there are protests taking place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Philadelphia.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The following year Whittaker helped organise a walkout, in which some 20,000 staff protested against the company's handling of several issues, including what they felt was the rushed introduction of new technology.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Gertsle came with his wife and three children from a city inside Israel, but grew up in a settlement of the northern West Bank and had protested the closing of Ganim as a teenager.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Dan McSweeney, program director of the Morningside Heights Community Coalition, said his neighborhood advocacy group, which has already protested five times outside Columbia’s gates over the matter, is planning another demonstration this October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree route, but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against the parade.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It’s only a white lie,” Ms. Morales protested.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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He says he and his friends have been protesting peacefully, but strangers were hijacking their protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
These critical nuances haven’t reached the protesting masses yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Many French unions have given their support to the protesting students.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
We come to a corner where there are a few people protesting the festivities.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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