revolt
Example Sentences
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Masino survived by unceremoniously casting aside her original plans in the wake of a customer and social-media revolt and focusing back on the brand’s core customers, a maneuver many CEOs struggle to pull off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"But right now we're not seeing that kind of revolt," he said.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
But the protests later ballooned into a full-blown revolt.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Of course there were other causes of revolt, but these two are spectacular to a European, and rarely mentioned here.
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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