protest
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Glenn participated in a protest organized by Stop the AI Race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But the action is nullified by the fact that Ono assumes the stoic posture of the Buddhist monks seen in the news at the time setting themselves aflame in protest of the Vietnam War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He was forcibly removed from the protest site by the police on Saturday and taken to hospital where he continues to fast.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Syrskiy has denied doing so, but the manner of Fedorov’s departure sparked a wave of protests, with thousands taking to the streets in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The mattress springs protest as I slide out of bed, but Helena doesn’t stir.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Tech workers and activists have staged protests this month throughout the area, sounding the alarm that AI will become tougher to control as it grows more powerful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
In recent days, support for the CJP has grown beyond Delhi, with protests also being held in other major cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The move followed days of street protests over Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy’s handling of the conflict with Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As the protests fall silent for now, the country waits for the president to make a series of possibly fateful decisions.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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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Inside parliament, meanwhile, the opening day of the monsoon session was repeatedly adjourned as opposition MPs protested over the alleged paper leak and other issues.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
You have protested masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in your neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Hundreds of people protested in Biddeford on Tuesday over the killing Monday of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
In a sign of the times, workers on Thursday protested at Volkswagen sites across the country over reports that Germany's biggest carmaker is mulling up to 100,000 job cuts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
“You said one,” Valley protested when Thorn had finally given them the go-ahead to relax.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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The protesters, who call themselves cockroaches, have been protesting for a month now.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
"This was June last year. That was really the height of this. These streets were empty unless you were protesting."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
They were protesting against proposed measures including unpaid increases in weekly working hours and cuts to benefits, according to IG Metall.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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