protest
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Japan lodged a diplomatic protest with China, noting the drill “could pose a danger to the navigation of nearby vessels,” Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Minoru Kihara, said on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Hundreds of protesters remained camped at the Jantar Mantar protest site on Tuesday, many of them calling for wider changes in the education system.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Anger over this was one of the reasons the CJP began its protest.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A nightclub cannot replace courts, organizing, voting, or protest.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“But there’s no way it would work out,” I protest.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The protests follow a series of examination scandals that have shaken confidence in the country's testing system.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Monday’s march to the Parliament was set to be led by 59-year-old activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has led protests in the past in support for more rights for his home region in northern India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Still, the majority of the homicide spike took place before June 2020, when protests over Floyd’s death spread nationwide.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
“Usually at rallies or protests cuz a lot of folks attended rallies for my dad years ago.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Inside parliament, meanwhile, the opening day of the monsoon session was repeatedly adjourned as opposition MPs protested over the alleged paper leak and other issues.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
You have protested masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in your neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 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
A dozen Pacific countries have protested the missile test, including small nations that borrowed from China for their infrastructure, and its closest Pacific security partner, the Solomon Islands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Every muscle in Ekon’s body protested as he crouched low, but there was no choice; he couldn’t be seen.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
That didn’t stop members of Taiwan’s coffee community from protesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The protesters, who call themselves cockroaches, have been protesting for a month now.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
The judge agreed with the company owners and told strikers that they must stop protesting and return to the factory, or they would lose their jobs.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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