revolt
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Murphy believes Slot's departure is now purely a case of when rather than if, given the increasing revolt in the stands.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
BP BP -0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle faced a shareholder revolt as investors used its annual general meeting to express their frustration, rejecting two of the energy major’s resolutions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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
Otherwise, the town would revolt and the show’s prospects would be ruined.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
That the telescope flourished and the microscope languished is one of the signs that the Scientific Revolution can properly be understood as a revolution—that is, a revolt against a previous order.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing revolt
"The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty
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