unrest

Example Sentences

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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

“Current Middle East unrest is already starting to impact business operations by increasing lead times, costs, container delays and the like,” one manager in the food and beverage category told the survey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Desai said, as seeming moments of recovery in the past year or so were squashed by the L.A. wildfires, then last summer’s immigration crackdown and associated civil unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The fund manager said it hoped to turn private credit’s current unrest to its advantage.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

But with the further coming of spring the city became filled with the unrest of fear.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck