ranks

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Ranks of youth often form the front lines of mass protests—from China’s 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations to the Arab Spring uprisings of the early 2010s, to Myanmar’s youth rebellion against a military coup in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Taxi Records was duly founded in 1980, and nurtured a new generation of Jamaican artists such as Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Skip Marley, Beenie Man and Red Dragon.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

He founded his own label, Roaring Lion, which released records by top acts such as Buju Banton, Cutty Ranks and Sizzla, and paid tribute to America’s first Black president with a 2008 single “Barack Obama.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Ranks were assigned in descending order of overall scores.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

Ranks of trumpeters on the Marathon Gate sounded a fanfare.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown