revolt
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The revolt reached a crescendo when correspondent Scott Pelley confronted Bilton at his first staff meeting, accusing Weiss of “murdering” the show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field after a passenger revolt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
A hundred years later, Owain Glyndŵr instigated a 15-year revolt against the rule of King Henry IV and claimed the title Prince of Wales, before Wales was reconquered by the English.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
To serve as a warning to all professional sports owners that they can abuse a host city and its fan base for only so long before people revolt by just not caring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
That October, militant abolitionist John Brown attempted to seize guns and start a revolt of enslaved people to destroy American slavery.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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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
Despite the blackouts, moderator revolts, and long string of controversies, Reddit remains an active, healthy website.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2024
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
The ostentatious displays of deference he demanded, and received, from heads of state and CEOs manifested an arrogance that enraged some participants and a vulgarity that revolted others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
What he didn’t mention, though, was that China’s retaliation against the U.S. with triple-digit tariffs eventually led Washington to a climb-down as markets revolted.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
“What are they, Hagrid?” asked Harry, trying to sound interested rather than revolted, but putting down his rock cake all the same.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Each individual set piece is its own jewel of craftsmanship, usually combining the revolting with the amusing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026
Well, then, why was it that when Negroes did start revolting across America, virtually all of white America was caught up in surprise and even shock?
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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