Sentence examples for riots occur from inspiring English sources
In many cases, riots occur against a backdrop of long-smoldering frustration and anger e.g., over racial or ethnic discrimination and are triggered by a single controversial event.
Mexico's prisons are overflowing with suspects arrested in the country's crackdown on drug cartels and organized crime, and riots occur regularly as the cartels exploit gangs to gain recruits and carry out illicit business from behind bars, said a security expert, Pedro Isnardo de la Cruz of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
"Riots occur when people are hopeless.
But when incidents, such as protests, strikes, or even riots occur close to your departure date, you are right to consider what will become of your dream trip.
When riots occur, songs are produced, and voices are raised, these are potent examples of emotional pain release that needs to be heard.
Communal riots occurred in 1926, and, when the nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi called for noncompliance with unjust laws, riots occurred in 1930.
The riots occurred after a fire killed 60 passengers on a train packed with Hindu pilgrims.
Many of the riots occurred in neighborhoods where poor people lived, including many tea vendors.
So far the government has appointed a panel to hear voices from inner-city communities where the riots occurred.
Marie argued that these riots occurred "because this is the only voice [the working classes] have got".
