protest
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Shaw has showed up at track meets to protest Hernandez’s participation — which Hernandez’s mother has called threatening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Residents have taken to the streets and beaches repeatedly this summer to protest the growing flock of visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Sunday's protest was organised by relatives of victims, local businesses, civil society groups and the Catholic church.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He said the group would be picking up litter during the protest.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was the snorting protest of an overridden horse and the anxious stamping of hooves, followed by a thud as of a man leaping from the saddle.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He also was a political activist who took part in protests against Myanmar’s military in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
But a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge pro-democracy protests has stymied dissent in the financial hub.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
I must have missed their protests against almonds and golf courses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Officers earlier said the powers were aimed at preventing violence, intimidation and disorder following protests in the city over the past week.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
I tensed, waiting for Jenna’s protests, but she only shrugged.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
Irish President Catherine Connolly, a longtime critic of Trump who protested his previous presidential visit in 2019, met privately with the president Saturday.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Multiple charities protested what they said amounted to a “social cleansing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
As they waited, dozens of people protested the disappearance of eight fishermen between January and March, which family members and the NGO Human Rights Watch blame on US military personnel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
She spoke out for the legalisation of abortion, same-sex marriage, and equal rights and pay for women, and protested against the death penalty and female genital mutilation.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The prosecution protested that the question was immaterial, and the judge agreed.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
On the ground, though, the people protesting in Albania are against something much bigger.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
She has obtained more than 2,200 signatures on an online petition protesting its relocation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mountains of garbage line Havana’s streets, some set ablaze by residents protesting their living conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The township was in a constant state of insurrection; someone was always marching or protesting somewhere and had to be suppressed.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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