revolt
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A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field after a passenger revolt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
That almost certainly discouraged any attempt to revolt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
These giant computer campuses, which are mostly void of human beings, have become a focal point of the growing revolt against an increasingly predatory tech industry.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
To serve as a warning to all professional sports owners that they can abuse a host city and its fan base for only so long before people revolt by just not caring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
I can’t understand what the revolt was about Everybody knows that the King of England is their feudal overlord.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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It was also a time when various European empires were reaching their peak yet faced republican or nationalistic revolts.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
There are, of course, legitimate disabilities that call for accommodation, but the Gen Xer in me revolts at the way everything has been pathologized and turned into a condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Speaking to other militia members who joined the revolts of Bundy and his father, The Atlantic found that Ammon was an outlier in his own community.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
"All these movements and revolts have brought us to this point. And I think it's time to put an end to it."
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
The other said that to change anything in the sugar islands would invite slave revolts, help France’s rivals, and thus hurt the nation.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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The crowd revolted, showering the court with cups, beer cans and garbage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
There was one heavily affected community that revolted whenever the group tried to enter.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
Within weeks of the election, roughly three-quarters of the TMC's legislators revolted against both Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, widely seen as her heir.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
No longer able to afford the staple of their diet, the Egyptian people revolted.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
He’d looked at Matt with those bright blue eyes that were so much like Tom’s, and Matt had been revolted.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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Across Southern California, residents are revolting against bright LEDs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
The new policy is an attempt to be “flexible” as situations change, the company said, but some shareholders appear to be revolting.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Though, like many things Epstein, the man’s genetic interests were twisted, often revolting, and shockingly uninformed.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026
BOSTON—The home of a famous 1773 tea party is revolting again, this time over coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
I find that substance revolting, yet he eats it eagerly, as if it were candy.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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