protest
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“I cried about it then, and I am still completely devastated,” she added, testifying from the student union building that has long been the campus hub for protest and advocacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Classes for some 1.6 million public-school students were due to start in early September but have been postponed indefinitely, as teachers regularly take to the streets to protest over unmet demands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Board members will want to hear the chief constable's security assessment of the situation, and will receive an update on the PSNI's criminal investigation into the protest which blocked the Garvaghy Road.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
His Northeastern tenure included clashes over campus protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The legal aid division of the Baton Rouge Bar Association intervenes on her behalf, and Joey’s many supporters flood government offices in protest.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Good’s death sparked protests in Minneapolis and other cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Hundreds of people, mostly minors, have been arrested and dozens injured as a wave of school protests over overcrowded classes and teacher shortages spreads across France, officials say.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The BBC's Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield is in Paris as the protests stretch into their second week.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Eighty-three police officers and gendarmes were wounded on Wednesday during the protests, which affected a total of 356 schools, he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The student protests could “shake up the world,” Shuttlesworth reported excitedly.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Thousands of teachers have protested regularly since mid-September as the movement against "unfulfilled promises" spread from Tripoli to Benghazi, in the east.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
As Cunningham protested the call, Wilson walked over to a Fever fan who had been standing in front of his seat in the second row behind the basket and pointing in Wilson’s direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Thousands of auto industry workers in Germany protested against huge swaths of job cuts and state industrial policy Monday, following a call to mobilize by labor union IG Metall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
“I didn’t do it! He’s just clumsy,” Garth protested when Mrs. Brisbane angrily scolded him.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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Families of the disappeared are protesting, demanding international investigation into Chemmani mass grave.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
"We've really had enough," protesting fisherman Tony Dalmasso told AFP in Nice.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Local residents are organizing, protesting and digging through records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He was expelled from Prairie View A&M University in 1971 after protesting against the expulsion of the editor of the student newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Tables were pulled out of the way with protesting groans, making a space for the men to spar.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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