protest
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A stadium that has rocked to the sound of protest has now returned to deafening praise.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
There is plenty to protest in the plan: Trump is threatening to install gold accents throughout the buildings, and renderings show a new covered walkway that could interrupt the clean lines of Saarinen’s facade.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Ultra-Orthodox Jews approached at the protest declined to speak to journalists, saying that doing so would violate Shabbat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Leniz Cortes, who teaches preschool at Krieger, used sick hours to attend Monday’s protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even though I want to protest every step we take into this strange house.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Evergrande struggled to appease angry homebuyers and investors, as the firm's crisis triggered rare protests outside its offices in China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He cut his campaigning teeth in the 1960s, joining protests against harsh homelessness laws that split up families and getting involved in the squatting movement.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
His jailing triggered large-scale protests by supporters, which were met with a crackdown by authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Morocco has also experienced youth-driven social movements, such as the GenZ 212 collective, which last year organised mass protests calling for better health and education services.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“But—” Anya’s protests were eaten by another screaming whistle.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
“But I’m just finishing up,” Dan protested, now deflated.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
There was another major change fans protested during the World Cup — the hydration breaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
When other passengers asked if she was alright, Levy protested his innocence.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Others have also protested, including more than a thousand actors and producers who signed an open letter in April railing against the merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
I wanted to join him when he protested at our own Fort Lawton a few years back, but Theo is fiercely protective of me.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
But the protesting families, most of whom earn a living from daily wage work, say they have farmed the land for generations.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
We bicker about them, but the majority of Americans aren’t in the streets protesting.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Mountains of garbage line Havana’s streets, some set ablaze by residents protesting their living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some men have gone to prison for protesting the ban.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
If there was ever a moment to declare you like someone, it was with a churro in your hand and a day of protesting a greedy land developer’s hostile takeover of your neighborhood behind you.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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