unrest

Example Sentences

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“The ingredients of civil unrest are there,” said Helou, the former Lebanese general.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

For many Korean Americans, it is almost impossible to talk about Radio Korea without also talking about the 1992 unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Yong-ho Kim started working in Radio Korea’s advertising department a month after immigrating to the United States in February 1990, two years before the unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The vote was called early by Perez himself, in an attempt secure a renewed mandate following a period of on-field unrest and disapproval in the stands at the Santiago Bernabeu.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

After 1919, the next large-scale unrest exploded nearly a half century later, when blacks took to the streets in cities across the country during the civil rights movement.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield