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The country has experienced years of civil unrest.
unrest gripped the city as the people nervously awaited the expected bombardment
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After a term marked by civil unrest, incompetence, moral and ethical failures, conspiracy theories, extremism, mismanaging COVID, and overseeing Republican losses in the House and the Senate, America was decidedly tired of Trump’s ineptitude and self-destructiveness.
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
But unlike when Trump helped spark a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol and tried to retain power in 2021 after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden, officials are not expecting massive protests, unrest or violence.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
On January 14, two bills advanced in the Labor Committee that might well be the spark that ignites widespread labor unrest, even as the push imposes heavier burdens on our state’s consumers and taxpayers.
—Frank Ricci, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
Much of the recent unrest stems from radical organizations preying on the impressionable and uninformed, and those groups that have been working in concert to commit unlawful acts should be held fully accountable.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
But unlike when Trump helped spark a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol and tried to retain power in 2021 after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden, officials are not expecting massive protests, unrest or violence.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
On January 14, two bills advanced in the Labor Committee that might well be the spark that ignites widespread labor unrest, even as the push imposes heavier burdens on our state’s consumers and taxpayers.
—Frank Ricci, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
Much of the recent unrest stems from radical organizations preying on the impressionable and uninformed, and those groups that have been working in concert to commit unlawful acts should be held fully accountable.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Unrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrest. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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