protest
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A coalition of religious and interfaith groups led by Washington-based Indian American Muslim Council intends to protest Saturday’s event and has a van with video monitors plying Manhattan streets denouncing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 2023, workers accused the company of disrupting union activities, including implying workers could be dismissed for participating in a union protest and locking emergency exits on the day workers planned to picket outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Healey resigned as defence secretary in June in protest at then-Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's spending plans.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Profanity and protest have gone hand in hand for ages. There's a shock-and-awe factor to it, which is fundamental to protest," CJP spokesperson Sourav Das told the BBC earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
I open my mouth to protest, but he pulls out a pad of paper from his pocket and a little stub of pencil.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Ravalomanana was removed as Senate president in October, shortly after the protests, and was arrested at his home in December after failing to respond to a summons from the gendarmerie.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
But the presence of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov prompted protests from European officials, who objected to appearing in a traditional "family photo" with him.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Glenn’s death prompted outrage and protests in 2015, and then-LAPD Chief Charlie Beck called on prosecutors to file manslaughter charges against Proctor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Activists and protesters see the focus on women as an effort to use India’s strict social norms dictating women’s behavior to tarnish the protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Nhamo backed one against the fence and, ignoring its angry protests, helped herself to the milk.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Supporters have protested on Kyiv's streets weekly since he was sacked, calling on the president to reinstate him.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Pearl Jam protested the practices of Columbia House, and the bum deal it gave artists, but made little headway as the club boomed to 16 million members in the 1990s.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Those who protested could be penalized under the 1917 Espionage Act, which made it a crime to interfere with the draft or encourage “disloyal” acts.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Separately, more than 2,000 people are facing potential trial for protesting against the ban by declaring their support for a proscribed terrorism group in mass demonstrations.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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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