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
Indeed, what now looks like nightly riots began with reports of maggot-infested and spoiled food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
People suffered and worked endlessly, but after the riots, they realized that the lives they had been living in America were not truly immigrant lives in the full sense.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 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
“The riots are far away,” I said, as if I had a special duty to calm everyone down.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
