protest
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Such a group — joined potentially by Anderson Cooper and the former producers who resigned in protest — could sell itself as carrying the true DNA of gold-standard television news.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Deepika Pandey Singh, a minister in the Jharkhand government, told the BBC that the state had begun investigating the allegations even before the current protest.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
At New Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site, many students said they relied on social media and independent platforms.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“What we didn’t realize was that the public can watch, but there’s no talking allowed,” Michael Lavina, a protest organizer and volunteer with the local chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told me.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet the fact remains that ordinary Germans banded together to protest a Nazi policy.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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The protests also exposed a rapidly changing digital landscape, with protesters using social media to spread their message.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Last month, the much larger protests in Delhi became one of the sharpest expressions of youth anger over examinations and jobs in recent years.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Union members and employee representatives last month held a series of protests against potential plant closures and job cuts, vowing to fight the overhaul plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Both had previously been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department following Cuba's 2021 anti-government protests.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Mustafa brushes off her protests and asks a man for “theen anar juice.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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The group, made of nearly 100,000 gamers, creators and developers, previously protested the acquisition by gathering outside EA’s Redwood City headquarters dressed as Sims in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
You have protested masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in your neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Already on Thursday, around a thousand people protested Fedorov's removal in Kyiv and there were protests too in other cities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Monday, people in Guernsey protested a proposed 3% GST which is due to be debated this week and, if approved, introduced from 2028.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Mila wasn’t the only one,” Annabel protested as she caught my eye.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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Residents in Gilroy, Calif., are protesting a $2 billion Amazon data center that was approved without public meetings or votes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Those protesting against The Bell Hotel's use as asylum accommodation believe their action was, ultimately, a force for good.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
More than a thousand actors and producers sent an open letter protesting the merger in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
I wave to the security guard, who peers at me suspiciously as I rip the balloon off the vase, struggling to catch my breath, my lungs protesting all this running.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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