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riot

[rahy-uht] / ˈraɪ ət /




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If the network threatened to pull the plug on a given cable operator over fee negotiations, sports-mad subscribers would practically riot in the streets!

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Hours later, she was still smiling - posing beside riot officers, flashing victory signs, filming through crowds and even interviewing an injured protester.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The entire vibe around Sunday was fueled by female empowerment thanks to riot grrrl godmothers Bikini Kill.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

A black pastor worked with white businessmen to plan rebuilding of a Baltimore community center destroyed in the riot.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

“There were demonstrations in the streets, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, drug revolutions, sex revolutions, riots, race riots. So we thought, what a good time to go out and do Black and white comedy.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

The court heard the operation to police the riots had cost South Wales Police "in excess of £1m" and the clean-up had cost Cardiff council £28,515.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

An original yeshiva here, set up in the early 20th Century, was abandoned in 1929 during major sectarian riots in the British Mandate period.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Indeed, what now looks like nightly riots began with reports of maggot-infested and spoiled food.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

As we, the people, move forward, the ghosts of the Chicago riot of 1919 and of the other riots across the nation in that Red Summer whisper in the streets, calling us all to remember.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

The rate of pupils missing school has spiked near to where people rioted for several nights in Ballymena, the education minister has said.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2025

Dunn said officers wanted acknowledgment for those members of law enforcement who were present at the insurrection, as well as accountability from those who rioted.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2025

In October 1962, federal marshals escorted Meredith as he enrolled as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, while white people rioted on the Oxford campus.

From Washington Times Jun. 26, 2023

Caught between the collapse of wages and the loss of land, peasants rioted across Europe.

From Scientific American May 31, 2023

At night, they rioted in protest of the trip through the desert.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Between them they faced 52 charges, including rioting, which were all denied.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Amid rioting, the shah fled Iran once again on Jan. 16, 1979, never to return.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

They would be elderly people rioting, but they would still riot.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

Recent protests and rioting by detainees deepened the disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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