revolt
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Speaking to Texas Standard after the midterm results were in, Johnson chalked up the blue wave to a “national revolt against meanness, against hateful speech and divisiveness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Rising debt without a financial-market revolt robbed hawks of credibility and made prominent economists rethink the conventional wisdom on debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The internal revolt at the network has become a daily reality for rank-and-file employees who watched the forced departures of foundational figures like Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 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
When another of Aegon’s Great Bastards tried to seize the Iron Throne from his truebom half-brother, Bittersteel joined the revolt.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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It is watching one shock produce two revolts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
"All these movements and revolts have brought us to this point. And I think it's time to put an end to it."
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Jamaica had already seen many slave revolts, Trelawney Town in Jamaica shows how threatening the Haitian revolt was to slaveholders everywhere.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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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
For the past few years, food companies raised prices so aggressively that shoppers revolted, trading down to store brands and buying less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
No longer able to afford the staple of their diet, the Egyptian people revolted.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
No sooner had she learned to smack the ball smartly on the steps, angling it right or left, than the other players revolted.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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The editorial board of local Ohio news outlet The Columbus Dispatch endorsed Acton after the ad dropped, describing it as "revolting and unsettling".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
I think it may be the single most revolting pedicure in the history of film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The shadowy walls were lined with shelves of large glass jars, in which floated all manner of revolting things Harry didn’t really want to know the name of at the moment.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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