riots
Example Sentences
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The broadcaster has previously apologised for editing together two different sections of the speech he gave before the 2021 Capitol riots.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
Elections in Peru and Colombia and riots in Bolivia test Latin American democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
In the years immediately following the events in Washington, Chicago, and Elaine, it became increasingly clear that, rather than be diminished by the riots, African Americans were emboldened by them.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
