riots
Example Sentences
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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
“There were demonstrations in the streets, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, drug revolutions, sex revolutions, riots, race riots. So we thought, what a good time to go out and do Black and white comedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
An original yeshiva here, set up in the early 20th Century, was abandoned in 1929 during major sectarian riots in the British Mandate period.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Elections in Peru and Colombia and riots in Bolivia test Latin American democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
His daughter, Vicky, was working in a drugstore just off Five Points, where the rally would be held, and C.P. was afraid that she would be caught in riots.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
