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revolt

[ri-vohlt] / rɪˈvoʊlt /






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Only soccer could’ve caused such a joyous revolt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The ill-fated 1943 revolt in the ghetto was the Bund’s last stand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

After just 21 days in the job, Poots was forced to resign amid an internal party revolt, meaning Donaldson's chance of gaining the leadership was back on.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Masino survived by unceremoniously casting aside her original plans in the wake of a customer and social-media revolt and focusing back on the brand’s core customers, a maneuver many CEOs struggle to pull off.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

On the trains I had heard about the revolt.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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

Property-tax revolts have erupted around the country in recent years as homeowners’ tax bills have climbed along with home values.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 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

Despite the odds, many captives tried to free themselves, and there were a number of revolts, particularly when the vessel was anchored on the African coast.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

When visiting fans discover ranch, most love it, some hate it and others are revolted by it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

I read it again and again until my body revolted.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 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

They were not outlaws because they were murderers, or for any reason like that They were Saxons who had revolted against Uther Pendragon’s conquest, and who refused to accept a foreign king.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

There’s no marvel in something created by feeding a prompt to a genAI program, never mind that 99% of the time, the result looks revolting and unnatural.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2026

I think it may be the single most revolting pedicure in the history of film.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

To Adam who was an instrument, who saw not the future farms but only the torn bellies of fine humans, it was revolting and useless.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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