protest
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Unlike the others convicted in this case, Sanchez-Estrada was not at the protest and maintains he had no role in its planning.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
We do so through many avenues: voting, protest, political party activism, lobbying, filing lawsuits, and writing op-eds, to name a few.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
But on Monday, it held its biggest protest yet.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Shubhi Rao, 16, said she had joined the protest to support Wangchuk and demand accountability from the government.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
To further protest, the boy stopped turning in math assignments altogether.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Finally, we offer this series as a provocation: So many of you have spent the past year attending No Kings protests, at which you embodied, physically, what it means to reject monarchical power.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
The strike led to significant protests outside the Newark, New Jersey, detention center, and high-profile clashes between protesters and the guards there as well as a frenzy of attention from the national press.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Already on Thursday, around a thousand people protested Fedorov's removal in Kyiv and there were protests too in other cities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Yes, he protests when the television turns off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
“This is yours? I didn’t know protests could belong to someone.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
You have protested masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in your neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Already on Thursday, around a thousand people protested Fedorov's removal in Kyiv and there were protests too in other cities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hundreds of people protested in Biddeford on Tuesday over the killing Monday of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
On Monday, people in Guernsey protested a proposed 3% GST which is due to be debated this week and, if approved, introduced from 2028.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“You might get sick in the night,” Nhamo protested.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
That didn’t stop members of Taiwan’s coffee community from protesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
On Saturday, protesting players were timing their news conferences, with several agents seen urging moderators to wrap them up.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
On Sunday, police and people protesting the G7 summit clashed in the Swiss city of Geneva.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The Albanians are so mad, they’ve been protesting in the streets for nearly two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Get out,” Arul said, so weakly that I guessed he was just putting on a show of protesting because Muthu was watching.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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