as in turmoil
a disturbed or uneasy state
unrest gripped the city as the people nervously awaited the expected bombardment his stomach unrest was just a sign of stage fright
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Recent Examples of unrest
That investigation was prompted by the Freddie Gray case, the 25-year-old who died while in police custody in April 2015 and whose death sparked protests and unrest throughout the city.
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Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2025
The truce is intended to stop the fighting that has devastated Gaza, caused unrest in the entire Middle East region and left tens of thousands of people dead.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Authoritarianism erodes property rights and the rule of law, so financial markets typically respond with alarm to political unrest.
—Victor Menaldo, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2025
The truce is intended to stop the fighting that has devastated Gaza, caused unrest in the entire Middle East region and left tens of thousands of people dead.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Authoritarianism erodes property rights and the rule of law, so financial markets typically respond with alarm to political unrest.
—Victor Menaldo, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Unrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrest. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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