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In late August, truck drivers at the Mehran terminal on the border with Iraq went on a one-day strike to protest fuel shortages, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, a U.S. nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher, issued a public warning that went viral about the dangers of artificial intelligence and quit his job in protest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It comes after masked activists brought Dover to a standstill on Saturday and in a protest on Sunday in Portsmouth about 200 people tried to block migrants being driven away for processing.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Whatever: This is what appeared in the Feb. 20, 1985 edition of the Oakland Tribune, quoting a UC Berkeley professor about a protest against immigration sweeps in the Bay Area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The legal aid division of the Baton Rouge Bar Association intervenes on her behalf, and Joey’s many supporters flood government offices in protest.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Police were given powers allowing them to outlaw the use of masks to conceal identities during protests under a law passed last year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The fuel price hikes and quota cuts have triggered protests and strikes by Iranian truck, taxi and ride-share drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

He said that the National Guard was never discussed during that call and that the two did not speak about the immigration raids and protests again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Dyson assured colleagues that the protests would die down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“This is yours? I didn’t know protests could belong to someone.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

“I don’t believe that’s why we didn’t play well enough, I really don’t,” protested McVay.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Earlier in August, 32 petrochemical workers in Bandar-e Mahshahr, a city on the Persian Gulf coast, publicly protested their dismissals, according to ILNA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

His lungs protested as he forced a sharp breath in through the nose and out through the mouth, as Brother Ugo had once taught him.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

His potential problem is that Venezuela has a population of nearly 30 million people who believe they are citizens of a sovereign country, and they are already protesting this deal furiously.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Both political camps have been protesting ahead of the negotiations, which according to the US State Department, will focus on rebuilding democratic institutions, strengthening the electorate and guaranteeing political participation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

President Wilson was growing tired of the protests, and he asked the press to limit coverage of the protesting suffragists.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling