unrest
Example Sentences
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The strike marked the first nationwide U.S. strike and beginning of Industrial Age labor unrest.
After Maduro took office in 2013, falling oil production and civil unrest sent the economy into a tailspin—raising questions in some friendly capitals over whether loans were being wasted on Caracas.
He describes the unrest in New York as “unprecedented, the worst breakdown in law and order I’ve seen.”
He made his first public appearance last week when he announced that he had accepted a Commonwealth appointment to help mediate in Tanzania's post-election unrest.
From BBC
The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles days later, leading to additional unrest across the city.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
