activist
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Word spread quickly, and soon a throng of smartphone-wielding citizens had surrounded the immigration enforcement van, which couldn’t move because one enterprising, early-arriving activist had slid underneath it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
A Scottish Sikh activist has been released from prison in India after being detained for almost nine years without being convicted.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
President Donald Trump in April re-posted a claim on X by a pro-Israel youth activist in the United States that eight women faced death by hanging, with the US leader urging them to be spared.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The same week, a Philadelphia teacher locally known as a Palestinian activist admitted she actually isn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Yeah, supposedly she was going to marry this guy she was in love with, some street activist or something, but her mother made her marry the Cuban, at least that’s what they told me.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
Following pressure from anti-capital-punishment activists, pharmaceutical companies have placed restrictions on their drugs for use in executions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
He told activists he wanted to use the rescheduled summit later this year to lay out "different options" for the UK's long-term relationship with Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Unions and other activists had pressed for more commitments from the Olympic organizers at the time of the 2021 contract signing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
After the rally wrapped up, some activists set up a protest camp in city centre's Plaze de Sol square, the union said in a statement, urging people to gather there.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
“It wasn’t my idea. Through my support group, I met these political activists from a transgender rights group called Trans Am.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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