violence

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Through the pair's conversations, the play tries to examine "what politics is and how we can disagree with one another - and that's OK, it doesn't mean you need to resort to violence", Wood says.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Costa Rican political scientist Laura Fernandez was sworn in as president on Friday, the latest right-winger to win power in Latin America on a promise to combat drug-related violence.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

They’re reflections of our overall culture, which is coded to navigate around violence and depravity, as well as all the ways freedom of expression is being constricted.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Joshua Burt, a regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, called the suggested sentence “woefully inadequate” and said he feared it would embolden violence against the Jewish community.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Her eldest daughter endeavoured to give some relief to the violence of these transports, by leading her thoughts to the obligations which Mr. Gardiner’s behaviour laid them all under.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen