rioting
Example Sentences
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It is not clear if they were involved in the football-related rioting.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Amid rioting, the shah fled Iran once again on Jan. 16, 1979, never to return.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
They would be elderly people rioting, but they would still riot.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
“The big question is whether this would be enough to appease the Iranian citizenry, given the level of dissatisfaction, rioting and violence we are seeing on the ground at the moment,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
Now, I have been around: the racial rioting in South Africa, hosting embassy parties in Brazzaville, shopping in Paris and Brussels, the game animals in Kenya, I have seen it all.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
