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protest

[proh-test, pruh-test, proh-test] / ˈproʊ tɛst, prəˈtɛst, ˈproʊ tɛst /




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While Wangchuk is not at the protest site any longer, many of the placards and posters have slogans about his fast and drawings of him.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The elections board meets in a building near the historic site where four A&T students launched the sit-in movement to protest racial segregation in 1960.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

Speakers take turns addressing crowds while also belting out protest songs and poems.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

These seniors are former high-level workers in government and scientific fields who have an excellent understanding of the politics driving the administration’s agenda, and they are organizing to protest it.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Even though I want to protest every step we take into this strange house.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

There has also been a lot of talk about the advanced age of many attendees at the No Kings protests, and there is indeed a lot of gray hair in those crowds.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Thursday "stringent punishment" for those involved in exam fraud that has fuelled student anger, in his first direct comments tied to major protests challenging his government.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

"The core constituency coming to these protests doesn't represent a singular interest group."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Youth-led protests in Bangladesh in 2024 toppled the government of Sheikh Hasina and led to her ouster.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

“This is yours? I didn’t know protests could belong to someone.”

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

In a sign of the times, workers on Thursday protested at Volkswagen sites across the country over reports that Germany's biggest carmaker is mulling up to 100,000 job cuts.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

“But...but princesses don’t use sarcasm!” the imp protested.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Albanians have been protesting against the project for months, but it was when barbed wire appeared six weeks ago to mark out the boundaries of the complex that anger erupted.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

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

Since early May, workers and Indigenous communities have been protesting Bolivia's worst economic crisis in decades and calling for center-right President Rodrigo Paz to resign.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

The Morning Herald, sanctimonious as ever, editorialized: There is a proper course in protesting substandard housing, and Operation Breakthrough would have been well advised to have counseled the Edgemont Community Council to follow it.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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