political unrest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoliticalandunrest
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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unrest
noun[U]
uk/ʌnˈrest/us/ʌnˈrest/
disagreements or fighting between different groups ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandunrestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Conversely, a politically divided military may use the foreigners' presence as a pretext forpoliticalunrest.
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This had led to vigorous protests and considerablepoliticalunrestin the city.
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This might happen as a result of such things as: domesticpoliticalunrest, and war-related damage to production, distribution, and transportation facilities.
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However, methods used to extract tax from taxpayers were sometimes harsh and led topoliticalunrest and socio-economic hardship for some sections of the society.
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Unfortunately, the continent soon became troubled by ethnic and racial conflict,politicalunrest, violent crime, ravaging poverty, economic failure and resignation, predatory leaders and rampant corruption.
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Yet the fluctuations in the domestic economy andpoliticalunreststill sapped deter mination and diverted the attention of the political leadership from many facets of the foreign assistance policy.
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Even during times ofpoliticalunrest, the government guaranteed the celebration in order not to irritate the inhabitants even more.
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Unrest includes stories where violentpoliticalunrestis a significant or primary focus of coverage.
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Moreover, crowding, crime, disorderly conduct, andpoliticalunrestwere also on the rise as the nation began to swell with its new increasingly urban population.
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Armed conflict and assassinations followed, andpoliticalunrestcontinued into the 1990s.
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Policies were instead targeted towards benefiting urban groups that posed a more credible threat ofpoliticalunrest.
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After all, you do not get so muchpoliticalunrestwhere people can live decently.
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The reason for this is that they have mutiny andpoliticalunreston their doorstep.
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There was nopoliticalunrestunderlying these revolts.
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The inflation cycle from which we suffer stems initially frompoliticalunrest.
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Such involvement would reduce and not increase its capacity to exploitpoliticalunrest.
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Only in one case was the crime committed because of the presentpoliticalunrest.
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Only when the economy starts working will we see an end topoliticalunrest.
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Unemployment will cause social, industrial andpoliticalunrest.
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They were years ofpoliticalunrest, when the political atmosphere was dangerously electric.
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