protest
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Sunday's protest was organised by relatives of victims, local businesses, civil society groups and the Catholic church.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Shaw has showed up at track meets to protest Hernandez’s participation — which Hernandez’s mother has called threatening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Reporting of Middlebrough's conviction was delayed because of a separate prosecution in which he and another man were accused of planning to carry out a Palestine Action-themed protest at Boris Johnson's 2022 wedding party.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Ned Ludd was the fabled hero of the early-19th-century Luddites, who smashed stocking frames—knitting machines for socks—and burned factories to protest job-destroying technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Because Ivy hadn’t actually spoken those words, Josie couldn’t protest, But won't he understand when I can actually tell him the truth?
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
I must have missed their protests against almonds and golf courses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He also was a political activist who took part in protests against Myanmar’s military in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Officers earlier said the powers were aimed at preventing violence, intimidation and disorder following protests in the city over the past week.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
As the legal wheels have been turning in the background, those campaigning to free Letby have redoubled their efforts, with protests and websites dedicated to her cause.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In spite of Jackson’s prestige and his protests, a warrant was issued for George, Alfred, Jack, and Squire, another man involved in the fight.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Multiple charities protested what they said amounted to a “social cleansing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
As they waited, dozens of people protested the disappearance of eight fishermen between January and March, which family members and the NGO Human Rights Watch blame on US military personnel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Thousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government's handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Earlier in August, 32 petrochemical workers in Bandar-e Mahshahr, a city on the Persian Gulf coast, publicly protested their dismissals, according to ILNA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“You know as well as I do that the police won’t listen,” I protested.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
He was expelled from Prairie View A&M University in 1971 after protesting against the expulsion of the editor of the student newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
His potential problem is that Venezuela has a population of nearly 30 million people who believe they are citizens of a sovereign country, and they are already protesting this deal furiously.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 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
He could feel all his muscles aching and protesting.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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