protest
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Authorities have deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel across the city, including the roads leading up to Ramlila Grounds, Sunday's protest venue.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
In France, India, Indonesia and elsewhere, young people have taken to the streets to protest economic inequality and a lack of opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
In Berlin, a protest that was not organised by the "GenZ regelt!" movement took place in the evening, with police reporting they were pelted with eggs and bottles.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
But following a security clampdown and serious injuries to some protesters, the movement broadened its demands to include greater protection of civil liberties and the right to protest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
Now almost everyone—including the three old-lady Witchlings—stood up in their seats and began to protest.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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His comments come amid growing concerns about the policing of recent protests in the capital.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
His unit had been on leave but was recalled ahead of the protests.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
They have staged protests at the California attorney general’s office in Sacramento and at Palo Alto City Hall, holding “Justice for Irfan” and “We Want Answers” signs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
He added that it was "shameful" how the protests had ended.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Nonreligious white liberals have typically downplayed the role of religion in the civil rights movement, but historian Aldon Morris is correct in asserting that the lunch-counter protests were not primarily a college phenomenon.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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The Mothers of East L.A. organized and protested and lobbied, and put the brakes on plans for a state prison in their midst, and created a template for community power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
She protested at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors for increased pay for home healthcare workers, who made just $12 an hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
After the decision not to renew Kesic's show, hundreds protested in Belgrade, in a sign of his popularity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some protested specific projects, notably the World Bank-backed Pak Mun dam, a hydropower project completed in 1994 that fishing communities say damaged their livelihoods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I only go for check store,” Joao protested.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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The Belgian capital and the town of Liège have also now seen weeks of protesting youngsters.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Student unions welcomed the measures but pledged to continue protesting until all of their demands are met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Police fired tear gas to disperse about 150 people protesting in the southeastern city of Lyon, in an area banned to all demonstrations, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in the streets.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 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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