period of unrest

collocation in English

meaningsofperiodandunrest

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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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unrest
noun[U]
uk
/ʌnˈrest/us
/ʌnˈrest/
disagreements or fighting between different groups ...
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(Definition ofperiodandunrestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is essential if we are to avoid a longperiodofunrestin our schools.
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Nearly always the formation of a breakaway union is followed by aperiodofunrest, and finally by a re-unification in the full union structure.
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Well in excess of half its population is under 30 and it faces a perilousperiodofunrestwhich is barely contained below the surface.
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I recollect asking the vice-chancellor before a meeting, during theperiodofunrest, whether he thought that everything would be all right.
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It seems likely then that the walls and fortifications date back to thisperiodofunrest.
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Then followed aperiodofunrestcharacterised by family feuds and weak rulers.
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Traidenis' reign (126982) was the longest and most stable regime during theperiodofunrest.
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Dumke was a staunch opponent of student and faculty strikes in theperiodofunrestfrom 1965 to 1971, issuing a ban on faculty strikes in 1969.
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The price of food skyrocketed when the transport system was disrupted during thisperiodofunrest, causing further hardship.
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Samsnthai's death was followed by aperiodofunrest.
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An earlyperiodofunrestculminated in a 1918 rebellion by up to 40,000 former cacos and other disgruntled people.
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Traidenis' reign was the longest and most stable regime during theperiodofunrest.
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During the brief, roughly one monthperiodofunrest, tens of thousands of people died and nearly two million people were displaced.
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In thisperiodofunrest, a political programme came from the jagos who wanted a congenial political order.
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Frederick's death brought aperiodofunrestand feudal anarchy.
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Extreme food shortages and electrical blackouts led to a briefperiodofunrest, including numerous anti-government protests and widespread increases in urban crime.
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In short, we see this proposed legislation as inevitably leading to further protracted periods of unrest and disruption in the schools.
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Would she not feel frightened, particularly when her own satellites went through periods of unrest and revolt, as they so often do?
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Domestic unrest is unlikely to fade away, as happened after previous periods of unrest in 1960 and 1976.
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Much of the power of nobles in these periods of unrest comes from their clientle system.
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