protest
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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
He said the group would be picking up litter during the protest.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Here’s a recent Associated Press headline: “Lyft and Uber drivers protest Waymo robotaxis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The protest was organized by the Catholic Church along with business leaders and families of missing persons.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The overflights continued, with no further protest from Moscow.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Farmers have held tractor protests in parts of the country over the last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
Police were given powers allowing them to outlaw the use of masks to conceal identities during protests under a law passed last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Thousands of people are expected at protests in Dublin and a protest will also be held in Doonbeg.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
That night protests broke out in Baltimore; Washington, DC; Newark; and other cities around the country.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Workers and retirees in the telecommunications, oil and teaching sectors have protested deteriorating living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Tung era reached low points in July 2003 when 500,000 people protested against restrictive anti-subversion laws proposed by China, and again a year later when about the same number rallied for democracy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Multiple charities protested what they said amounted to a “social cleansing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
“Real mazes aren’t Eke that, and it wouldn’t be fair,” protested Ryan.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Let’s see Erin Brockovich, or Julia Roberts for that matter, protesting in a spacesuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
She has obtained more than 2,200 signatures on an online petition protesting its relocation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some men have gone to prison for protesting the ban.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
During the campaign, almost two thousand women, representing more than half of the states, took turns protesting.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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