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Moroccan police - including some in riot gear - reportedly used tear gas to disperse groups of migrants gathered on nearby hills.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

If the network threatened to pull the plug on a given cable operator over fee negotiations, sports-mad subscribers would practically riot in the streets!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

One neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said there were dozens of police officers and riot vans in the area earlier in the week.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Did they think they were going to start a riot or something?

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Vietnam, inner-city riots, and the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. had cast a pall over the Day-Glo optimism of the Love Generation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

At the end of her sentencing, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke praised the bravery of the hundreds of police officers who were working on the night of the riots.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The court heard the operation to police the riots had cost South Wales Police "in excess of £1m" and the clean-up had cost Cardiff council £28,515.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Indeed, what now looks like nightly riots began with reports of maggot-infested and spoiled food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“Got a bit held up dropping some cargo in Queens, you know, and then what with the riots and all we was a tad cautious on the return.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

When prisoners rioted over the conditions, their eloquent spokesman Jones was extensively quoted in the press, catching the attention of a church leader.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

Dunn said officers wanted acknowledgment for those members of law enforcement who were present at the insurrection, as well as accountability from those who rioted.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025

In October 1962, federal marshals escorted Meredith as he enrolled as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, while white people rioted on the Oxford campus.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

Caught between the collapse of wages and the loss of land, peasants rioted across Europe.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

The streets rioted in all directions, twisting around in a confusing way.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

In total, nine men faced a total of 52 charges, including rioting, all of which they denied.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

District Court for the Northern District of Texas were convicted of rioting and providing material support to terrorists, among other charges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

"Our officers have a role to facilitate and accommodate peaceful protest," he said, while cautioning against a repeat of widespread anti-immigrant rioting last June.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

They would be elderly people rioting, but they would still riot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

The cluttered walls of the restaurant took no notice of the rioting outside.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides