insurrection

Example Sentences

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According to Ekane's lawyers, he was accused of hostility against the state, incitement to revolt, and calls for insurrection.

From BBC

Jihadists have for 16 years been waging an insurrection in the northeast with the aim of establishing a Caliphate.

From Barron's

Certainly, it proved insufficient in Littlewick Green which, with its village pub, cricket field and pavilion flying British flags, is an unlikely spot for a political insurrection.

From New York Times

A reader wrote that the Jan. 6 insurrection “was not an ‘insurrection’ or an attempted coup.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Pita presents himself as the opposite of the grim, authoritarian military leaders who seized power in coups in 2006 and 2014, embroiling this Buddhist-majority nation in street clashes, insurrections and other disruptions.

From Washington Times