restive

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According to the police, at least 16 officers were wounded and 13 arrests made at the demonstration in Tirana, the latest in a series of restive anti-governmental rallies called by opposition leader Sali Berisha.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The military has long presented itself as the only force guarding restive Myanmar from rupture and ruin.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Yet, however destructive to his personal life, Matthiessen’s restive, yearning nature animated the best of his fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

For Delhi, the challenge is not just managing a fallen ally in exile, but preserving a neighbour central to its security - from counterterrorism and border management to access to its restive north-eastern region.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

A young jockey named George Woolf, aboard for one of these woeful performances, summed up the colt’s mental state in four words: “mean, restive and ragged.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand