unrest
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Thousands of officers were deployed to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in the capital, Paris.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
For the first time in a long time, it felt just like the time of civil unrest of my youth.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
His relatives on his father’s side were Palestinian refugees who fled amid territorial claims and political unrest, according to Miles’s book.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The overturned regulation outlawing states of emergency dates back to social unrest in 2019 which killed 36 people and led to the resignation of then socialist leader Evo Morales.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Before 1919 was over, in an unprecedented demonstration of labor unrest, there would be thirty-six hundred work stoppages involving four million workers or one-fifth of the nation’s labor force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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