protest
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Police have used tear gas to block demonstrators from swarming government buildings in La Paz, where protest blockades have depleted food supplies and pushed prices up.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
A group of immigrants at a detention facility in Southern California launched a hunger strike this week to protest inhumane conditions, according to a coalition of immigrant rights groups.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
So does a device that repeatedly travels to a church, a mosque, a union office, a bar at 1 a.m., a political protest, an addiction treatment center, or someone else’s apartment late at night.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
But the people showing up at county council meetings to protest the construction of a data center didn’t for the most part come by their convictions the old-fashioned way, by reading and thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“I’m going now,” he said, and left quickly, before Abby could protest again.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing protest
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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