revolt
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Otherwise, the town would revolt and the show’s prospects would be ruined.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
"The revolt was the result of a pain and I think that people should remember that while casting their votes," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Each year, Bani Walid celebrates the anniversary of a 1969 coup that brought Gaddafi to power, with people parading through the streets with portraits of the ex-leader and Libya's green flag from before the revolt.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
After crushing a Jewish revolt in the second century, Emperor Hadrian sought to sever the Jewish connection to the land by renaming the province “Syria Palaestina”—a name derived from the long-vanished Philistines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
One must go to contemporary observers in Europe for a non-Texan opinion as to the nature of the tyranny that raised need for revolt.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing revolt
"The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty
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"Revolution 2.0," Vocabulary from the memoir
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