protest
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She said she has lodged a strong protest with the US as Okinawa police investigate.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The harassment allegations were made after police detained scores of protesters around the government-designated protest site of Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
On Sunday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in a message on her official account on X that officials have lodged a strong protest with the U.S. and demanded maximum cooperation with the investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Organizers see Saturday’s protest as part of an ongoing effort and hope more people will feel empowered to participate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Under protest, he finally agreed to rent them a team of horses and a wagon, with his son Charlie acting as driver for the trip south.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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Organisers of the protests have called for the demonstrations to continue on Tuesday after accusing the government of a lack of "concrete measures", according to the AFP news agency.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He described the closures as chiefly a security precaution ahead of large-scale protests that the leaders of the movement have called for Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The government introduced the measures after nationwide protests following the eviction, on a stretcher, of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from a Madrid apartment she had occupied for around seven decades.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Gurgi and the dwarf, who had been standing behind the bard, now rushed in; despite Eilonwy’s protests, they crowded around Taran.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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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 auto industry workers in Germany protested against huge swaths of job cuts and state industrial policy Monday, following a call to mobilize by labor union IG Metall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Some 2,000 people protested the export ban -- imposed by the European Union due to the highly contagious small ruminant plague -- in front of the Romanian government building in Bucharest.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 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
“Mom,” I protested, “not now. I don’t want to think about that yet.”
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Students are protesting about a lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
Let’s see Erin Brockovich, or Julia Roberts for that matter, protesting in a spacesuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
It’s about ten minutes down the road from the Manor, where all the protesting is taking place.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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