revolt
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After crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt in the year 135, Emperor Hadrian renamed the province Syria Palaestina, invoking the Philistines, enemies of Israel, to erase Jewish identification with the land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The protests have since snowballed into a revolt, marked by calls for Paz's resignation, just six months after he took office.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
She went on to lead the revolt against the then-dictator, General Ne Win.
From BBC • May 1, 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
A little more than a decade after the end of the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolution began; the revolt would strip England of its richest colony.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing revolt
"The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty
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