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revolt

[ri-vohlt] / rɪˈvoʊlt /






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AI companies are privately “gaming out scenarios” for a subsequent public and political revolt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

At its height, 10 million workers were on the streets before fresh elections led to the revolt fizzling out, but not before carving an indelible memory in French social history.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Among ordinary Russians, Kasyanov said he saw "no grounds for a revolt", despite mounting war casualties and rising food prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The ploughman wants to play by the rules, but it’s how the revolt plays out that radicalizes him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Lastly, my stomach will revolt if I even so much as look at food.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The numbers are far from the peaks reached in 2011, when tens of thousands arrived in just a few months as maritime border controls disintegrated during the Arab Spring revolts.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Liberated from farming and fearful of helot revolts, the Spartans developed their austere lifestyle and rigorous program of military training.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

It was also a time when various European empires were reaching their peak yet faced republican or nationalistic revolts.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 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

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

Bondholders revolted, signing a cooperation agreement pledging to act in unison and retaining law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and financial adviser Houlihan Lokey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

I felt my heart limping in my chest, and was revolted by it, a pitiful muscle, sick and bloody, pulsing against my ribs.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Among the choicest: The champion skier from Norway starts his day with a breakfast that his father finds revolting, and he’s “too afraid” of downhill cycling to consider switching sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Though, like many things Epstein, the man’s genetic interests were twisted, often revolting, and shockingly uninformed.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 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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