protest
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Berkeley resident Matt Nichols came to the protest dressed up as a killer robot holding a chainsaw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Like many of the hundreds of others who have pitched their tents here to protest at Spain's housing crisis, she has no doubts when it comes to diagnosing the cause.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The uproar at her eviction triggered national demonstrations, with hundreds of people camping in central Madrid's Puerta del Sol square in the most symbolic protest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
A nationwide protest movement dubbed the “Flamingo Revolution” is plaguing Kushner’s latest real-estate project in the Balkans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I was only ten, he wanted to protest.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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On several occasions student protests defeated government reforms – such as a university overhaul in 1986 and a lower youth minimum wage in 1994.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Detainees and immigrant rights groups have increasingly challenged conditions at Adelanto in court and through protests such as hunger strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday drove a "stunned" Lopez to lay a candle on Thursday at an improvised shrine in the Spanish capital's Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the protests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The protests have since spread across France, from well-heeled districts of Paris to towns deep in the French countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Sir, there is paperwork that needs to be done,” he protests.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree parade route but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against it.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Thousands of teachers have protested regularly since mid-September as the movement against "unfulfilled promises" spread from Tripoli to Benghazi, in the east.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Asheville has backed reparations for slavery, protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement and banned discrimination based on gender identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Filippi protested, he alleges, and was later blamed by Kettle and the chief financial officer for mismanaging the contract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Real mazes aren’t Eke that, and it wouldn’t be fair,” protested Ryan.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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He provided real-time updates to a Los Angeles-based Chinese consular official and sent photographs of individuals protesting both in support of and in opposition to Tsai, the Justice Department said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
At a press conference at the time, he also said that Palestinian supporters still had the option of protesting during Netanyahu’s visit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
We spent the day protesting from behind our invisible barrier.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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