revolted

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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 private investors revolted and shut down the merger—but the problems that set up the merger didn’t go away.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

But the salient point is that Mr. Trump in 2006 volunteered his view to the cops that Epstein’s behavior revolted him and is thus unlikely to have participated in it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Even in a world after 1916’s Easter Rising — when Irish nationalists revolted against British rule— governmental efforts to revive Irish proved futile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

His body revolted at what his instinct had made him do, and the result was a dry, sour, agonizing spell of kneeling and vomiting until his stomach and his heart were empty.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman