Collocations withunrest
These are words often used in combination withunrest.
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civil unrest
Anxiety about social and civil unrest are never far away in the promotion of the baths.
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considerable unrest
There is considerable unrest, especially among the young who are seeking their first homes in which to begin their families.
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domestic unrest
First, we are examining overall domestic unrest, rather than who is causing the unrest.
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growing unrest
However, spiralling wage demands, growing unrest and strikes continued.
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industrial unrest
Demand collapsed and prices plummeted, resulting in massive layoffs, short-time working, cuts in piece rates and widespread, unsuccessful industrial unrest.
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internal unrest
This appears to counter somewhat the theory that the authorities necessarily fed rumours to distract from internal unrest by blaming national enemies.
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labour unrest
This article investigates the hitherto unexplored domain of the impact of the policies of the colonial state at various levels on labour unrest and growing communal tension among workers.
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period of unrest
This is essential if we are to avoid a long period of unrest in our schools.
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political unrest
Conversely, a politically divided military may use the foreigners' presence as a pretext for political unrest.
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popular unrest
This led to popular unrest and resistence that combined with further institutional weaknesses ended up in severe violence.
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public unrest
We hear of grave public unrest across the country.
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social unrest
Neither nationalism nor social unrest rocked the provisional republic.
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urban unrest
The prospect of wartime inflation heightened government fears of urban unrest.
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widespread unrest
What can be more futile than to contain symptoms of widespread unrest by legal constraints and collective penalties?
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