insurrection

Example Sentences

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According to Ekane's lawyers, he was accused of hostility against the state, incitement to revolt, and calls for insurrection.

From BBC

Jihadists have for 16 years been waging an insurrection in the northeast with the aim of establishing a Caliphate.

From Barron's

Bartlett also said that the GOP frontrunner often "lost the audience" when he spoke about the Jan. 6 insurrection or the 2020 election, despite it appearing that audience was consistently in support of him.

From Salon

Pence, whose life was threatened that day, has been one of the only Republican presidential prospects willing to call out Trump for sparking the insurrection.

From Seattle Times

Capitol insurrection if parents who wrongly consider it “an act of patriotism” challenge lessons that call it an attempt to thwart democracy.

From Seattle Times