unrest

Example Sentences

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This comes just as they see investors growing increasingly optimistic about a deal to end the Middle East unrest.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"This had massive knock-on effects that damaged the social fabric of many countries with widespread strikes, unrest, and increases in poverty as many households struggled to make ends meet," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The company also said demand has been hurt by unrest in Mexico as well as rainstorms and flooding in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But now, driven by his unrest from idleness and wishing to escape from the reproach of his own heart when he remembered that he had been unjust to his wife, he went toward this place.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck