riots
Example Sentences
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“There were demonstrations in the streets, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, drug revolutions, sex revolutions, riots, race riots. So we thought, what a good time to go out and do Black and white comedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Direct Action first appeared online in autumn 2024, after the riots that followed the Southport murders, and its propaganda exploited images from the disorder.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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
"Since it has become impossible to celebrate a match without descending into riots, the only common sense response is a new doctrine: 'zero gatherings'," it demanded.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Zlata and I seem to have a lot in common because while Zlata was living though a war in Sarajevo, I was living through a different kind of war—the L.A. riots.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
