protest
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Glenn participated in a protest organized by Stop the AI Race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Tens of thousands of young men and women had turned up for Monday's protest and tried to march on parliament, defying a police ban.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Japan lodged a diplomatic protest with China, noting the drill “could pose a danger to the navigation of nearby vessels,” Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Minoru Kihara, said on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
“She doesn’t want to do anything,” I protest.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
"Right now, the war is changing, so we need new ideas and a new structure," 44-year-old law company employee Tetiana Makarenko told me at one of the protests over the weekend.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Modi has yet to comment directly on the protests.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 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
Nixon’s Cambodia invasion sparked the biggest protests to date.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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
Already on Thursday, around a thousand people protested Fedorov's removal in Kyiv and there were protests too in other cities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
When it was made legal for farmers to sell their produce directly, a popular story goes, a woman protested the high prices one farmer charged for vegetables that were much cheaper at the state stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Even if I am what you say," Ivy protested, “I am cursed. Can't you see how I flicker? I'll soon disappear altogether."
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Why are thousands protesting for education reform in India?
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The CJP is mostly protesting over issues they have with India's education system.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
That didn’t stop members of Taiwan’s coffee community from protesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
Butler steered the protesting Vietnamese man to the rented four-wheel drive.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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