unrest

Example Sentences

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Last year, persistent power and water shortages in Madagascar led to youth-led protests, which escalated to broader political unrest, resulting in a military takeover.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Current Middle East unrest is already starting to impact business operations by increasing lead times, costs, container delays and the like,” one manager in the food and beverage category told the survey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Desai said, as seeming moments of recovery in the past year or so were squashed by the L.A. wildfires, then last summer’s immigration crackdown and associated civil unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The unrest was triggered by a ban on social media but fuelled by anger against corruption, unemployment and economic stagnation.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He sensed in the spreading unrest something unprecedented, “more threatening and far-reaching than anything that had occurred before.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson