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riot

[rahy-uht] / ˈraɪ ət /




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The BBC World Service has spoken to chemical weapons experts, whistleblowers from Georgia's riot police, and doctors, and found the evidence points to the use of an agent that the French military named "camite".

From BBC

Toulouse ran riot in the second half, racking up seven tries by full-time.

From Barron's

The last Jews left Gaza City in 1929 during the riots that engulfed British-controlled Mandatory Palestine that year, ending a history shaped by the tragic events that plagued this repeatedly destroyed city.

From Barron's

He arrived in New York City in the early 1960s, and by the age of 20 drew attention to his plays, a riot of percussive energy.

From The Wall Street Journal

"So we shall see, and I think everyone in the world would riot if there wasn't."

From BBC