protest
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“It’s almost like they’re at an AI protest in the morning and then a meeting with me in the afternoon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Outside Flemington, crowds from the Australia-wide "Nup to the Cup" movement also gathered to protest against horse racing on the industry's most high profile day.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
She said she feared that the protest would not subside unless the wage board announced a salary increase.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
British police said Sunday they had arrested 325 people at a London protest in support of Palestine Action the previous day, ahead of a court appeal over the government's contentious ban of the group.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Before I can protest further, the photographer flags down Mr. Andrews.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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As the board held talks on Wednesday morning, protests continued in major industrial centres including Gazipur, Mirpur, Narayanganj and Savar.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Countries across Europe have been swept by a wave of protests by young people angry at the spiralling cost of living who have little trust in traditional institutions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
The causes of current French protests also don’t translate neatly to our situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
He also formed a civilian “posse” to respond to any potential protests after the murder of George Floyd.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
So many people wear them at Black Lives Matter rallies and protests, I’m sure she knows what it’s for.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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"You are not the majority," a staff member protested.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
She recalled that her grandmother protested as a dentistry student in 1968 and her aunt, an architecture student, took part in demonstrations in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The Mothers of East L.A. organized and protested and lobbied, and put the brakes on plans for a state prison in their midst, and created a template for community power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Thousands of Indonesians protested in Jakarta and other cities on Wednesday against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires emitting a toxic haze that has made thousands ill.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
It was a name that protested its own origin: even though he had systematically demolished Darwin’s theory of pangenesis, de Vries paid his mentor a final homage.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times throughout his life for protesting various causes, and was a friend of the labor leader Dolores Huerta, whose image sits on a table in his dining room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The Belgian capital and the town of Liège have also now seen weeks of protesting youngsters.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Student unions welcomed the measures but pledged to continue protesting until all of their demands are met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in the streets.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
“There’s some protesting going on. Causing a mess of traffic.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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