Sentence examples similar to held streets from inspiring English sources

Patients have also held street protests, and others have sued.

Three weeks later, Afghan government workers who had not been paid for months held street demonstrations in Kabul.

In 2010, supporters of Mr. Thaksin held street demonstrations that degenerated into clashes with the military and left more than 90 people dead.

This summer, grieving parents held street protests to challenge local governments and demand that officials conduct proper investigations into construction quality.

The release ended a national ordeal, in which crowds had held street vigils and marched by the thousands.

Construction of a Taiwanese-financed chemical plant outside the city of Xiamen, a port in Fujian Province, was halted last year after thousands of residents held street protests.

"We have got eight people working in our office, and during the course of last year visited all 33,000 homes in the constituency and held street surgeries.

The country has been stuck in one of Europe's longest and most severe recessions and the Portuguese have held street protests and strike actions against tax increases and spending cuts.

Since then, losing candidates have held street protests in Kabul and in their home provinces and have tried to pull strings and make back-room deals to propel themselves into office.

Thousands of Poles have held street protests against the changes, which Amnesty International called "a major blow to human rights".

Across the country, people held street parties and crowded into parks to watch the occasion on big screens.