restive
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Fifty-five years ago, increasingly restive global central banks wanted to dump U.S. dollars for gold in a vote of no confidence in America’s policies.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Conflict monitors, now watching with alarm as Islamist militants capture territory and stage attacks in Mali, urge the administration to pay closer attention to the restive Sahel region and other hot spots.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Many have their own restive populations to contend with and fear contagion and chaos if the Iranian regime falls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
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
Mr. Sparling became restive and bitter and began to talk in a desolate monotone about his eleven months in France during the Great War.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing restive
Animal Farm
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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