protest
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The disparity in bargaining power had galled Nelson, who used Android phones in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The protest organising committee, which calls itself SADAR, meaning "aware" in Bahasa Indonesia, said the action was meant to mark a "revolution that is being proclaimed".
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
At the Paris protest on Saturday, a row of police in riot gear led the crowd along the authorized route down boulevards on the city’s outskirts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Many dispersed as rain fell about six hours after the protest started.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
I nuzzled Fig’s belly as his entire body pulled away in protest.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The move follows unionist anger over Sinn Féin's involvement in protests which prevented a contentious Orange Order march in Portadown from passing along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
As a college student, Cárdenas actively participated in protests against the U.S.-orchestrated coup in 1954 that toppled reformist President Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
This miscellaneous mix of protests can seem confusing.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
There were also protests in the cities of Bandung outside Jakarta, Malang and Yogyakarta elsewhere on Java island, and Makassar on the south of Sulawesi island.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
So above the ravings and protests of the distraught Prince of Demons, the king’s men removed the bonds from the king and wrapped them twice round the imposter.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
Thousands of Indonesians protested in Jakarta and other cities on Wednesday against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires emitting a toxic haze that has made thousands ill.
From Barron's ● 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
The following year Whittaker helped organise a walkout, in which some 20,000 staff protested against the company's handling of several issues, including what they felt was the rushed introduction of new technology.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Powell says that all throughout history people have protested unfair things.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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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
Weeks of student-led protests over conditions in the country’s schools morphed into a broader movement that drew people of all ages protesting the rising cost of living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
It follows disorder last month when students began protesting over school conditions.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The stairs creaked and grumbled as he walked down them, protesting his weight, as if they just wanted to be left in peace.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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