take to the streets

Example Sentences

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So when people do take to the streets in large numbers, it usually signals something deeper.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Mad enough to take to the streets and do something about it?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

At the initial stages only hard-core opponents of the regime take to the streets and face the consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Yet those recurring complaints, widely shared on social media, have not led people to take to the streets in protest.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

With the bikes now fully operational, we wheel them outside, manually pull down the garage door, and take to the streets.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman