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The Queen visited a library rebuilt after being destroyed in a riot, telling the children she met that "you can never have too many books".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Ms. Aptowicz’s sympathetic portrait of the people who stood their ground at Christiana bolsters recent reconsideration of their actions as resistance rather than a riot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The 19-year-old started at Vitality Stadium as the Toffees rescued a late draw and their travelling supporters repeatedly chanted that there would be "a riot" if Armstrong was sold.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The packinghouse foremen made it quite clear that the prior day’s riot did not merit any discussion or work slowdown.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Last month authorities detained nine people and seized 10 social media accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation about possible riots, though they did not disclose who was behind it.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

After the riots, Maria stayed inside her home for seven days, too frightened to leave.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

"Meeting Nidhi and Vik at home after the riots this week made it all the more poignant," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Indeed, what now looks like nightly riots began with reports of maggot-infested and spoiled food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Why, my God, they must have riots on those things all the time.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Dunn said officers wanted acknowledgment for those members of law enforcement who were present at the insurrection, as well as accountability from those who rioted.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025

Hearst’s desperate father, publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, spent $2 million on a food giveaway, and crowds rioted as food was flung from trucks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024

Thousands of South Africans rioted in protest at his 2021 jailing for contempt of court, and a recent poll estimates that almost one in three South Africans approve of him.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

In October 1962, federal marshals escorted Meredith as he enrolled as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, while white people rioted on the Oxford campus.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

The streets rioted in all directions, twisting around in a confusing way.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Between them they faced 52 charges, including rioting, which were all denied.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

"Our officers have a role to facilitate and accommodate peaceful protest," he said, while cautioning against a repeat of widespread anti-immigrant rioting last June.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

They would be elderly people rioting, but they would still riot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Western diplomats in Damascus assessed that more than 20,000 people fled the camp in a matter of days earlier amid rioting and a surge of escape attempts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

In some cities, the National Guard was being mobilized in an attempt to bring order to the rioting.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge