unrest
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In the early hours of Thursday, two further arrests were made following Wednesday's unrest.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
O'Neill is seeking also to steer the company away from recent internal unrest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Much of the overtime money the department spent went instead toward preparing for unrest, monitoring protests and vigils, guarding hotels housing federal agents, and managing the public response to federal violence.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The decisive question is how long Iran's leaders can preserve Hormuz as leverage without provoking an all-out war, renewed unrest or the construction of alternative routes that make the strait matter less.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
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