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
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
“You should! I would love to go and protest with you. Just let me know when you plan to go,” Candie offers.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
I must have missed their protests against almonds and golf courses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The club declined to comment on the protests.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has an AI data center reporting website with 9,580 locations—suitable for finding protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Attempts to discredit the cockroach protests in similar ways, however, gained less traction for a number of reasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
There were protests from the defense, but the judge agreed to the request.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
At this point, even pacifying the thousands of fans who protested against the club's ownership before the Old Trafford defeat by 10-man City looks beyond them.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
On Thursday, 120 taxi drivers in the eastern province of Kerman protested a cut in their allocation of subsidized fuel, according to the Union of Truckers and Drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
No wonder disgusted fans have protested both inside and outside Angel Stadium all summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“And, Lucinda, you and I acted alike at school, too!” she protested.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
Mountains of garbage line Havana’s streets, some set ablaze by residents protesting their living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
On the day of Woodrow Wilson’s second inauguration, March 4, 1917, one thousand protesting women encircled the White House in the biting wind, sleet, and pouring rain.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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