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protest

[proh-test, pruh-test, proh-test] / ˈproʊ tɛst, prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛst /




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Reporting of Middlebrough's conviction was delayed because of a separate prosecution in which he and another man were accused of planning to carry out a Palestine Action-themed protest at Boris Johnson's 2022 wedding party.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

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

Residents have taken to the streets and beaches repeatedly this summer to protest the growing flock of visitors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The protest was organized by the Catholic Church along with business leaders and families of missing persons.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

The Americans saw and heard us, but they did not stop our protest.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Xi's visit was the target of protests by dozens of Tibetans in New Delhi, exiles like their Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since fleeing a Chinese crackdown in 1959.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

I must have missed their protests against almonds and golf courses.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The powers will apply to anyone involved in protests within a map area designated by police between 10:00 BST Saturday and 10:00 Sunday.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Officers earlier said the powers were aimed at preventing violence, intimidation and disorder following protests in the city over the past week.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Someone in the back of the class—it sounds like Amy Teen—says, “But why are the protests so angry?”

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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

She spoke out for the legalisation of abortion, same-sex marriage, and equal rights and pay for women, and protested against the death penalty and female genital mutilation.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

No wonder disgusted fans have protested both inside and outside Angel Stadium all summer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The fight for jobs was an old one, and little had changed in Durham since Louis Austin protested discriminatory hiring practices in 1953.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Let’s see Erin Brockovich, or Julia Roberts for that matter, protesting in a spacesuit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

He was expelled from Prairie View A&M University in 1971 after protesting against the expulsion of the editor of the student newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

In a reflection of public concern, the meeting on the campus of University of North Carolina was met with about 100 to 200 people protesting AI's fast development.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

He was seized and dragged to Priam, weeping and protesting that he no longer wished to be a Greek.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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