protest
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Reporting of Middlebrough's conviction was delayed because of a separate prosecution in which he and another man were accused of planning to carry out a Palestine Action-themed protest at Boris Johnson's 2022 wedding party.
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
Ned Ludd was the fabled hero of the early-19th-century Luddites, who smashed stocking frames—knitting machines for socks—and burned factories to protest job-destroying technology.
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
He realized that with his hand closed around the chalk it might look like a fist in the air protest and not the silent explanation he hoped.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Xi's visit was the target of protests by dozens of Tibetans in New Delhi, exiles like their Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since fleeing a Chinese crackdown in 1959.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 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
Attempts to discredit the cockroach protests in similar ways, however, gained less traction for a number of reasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The fuel price hikes and quota cuts have triggered protests and strikes by Iranian truck, taxi and ride-share drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Sir, there is paperwork that needs to be done,” he protests.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Multiple charities protested what they said amounted to a “social cleansing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
Earlier in August, 32 petrochemical workers in Bandar-e Mahshahr, a city on the Persian Gulf coast, publicly protested their dismissals, according to ILNA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Supporters have protested on Kyiv's streets weekly since he was sacked, calling on the president to reinstate him.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“It did not seem we could do otherwise,” Taran protested.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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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
Because data centers are a local and state issue, citizens are finding they have real leverage in protesting their construction.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Residents in Gilroy, Calif., are protesting a $2 billion Amazon data center that was approved without public meetings or votes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“The one the people are protesting for? Is that your fault? Did you do that?”
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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