revolt

Example Sentences

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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

The protests have since snowballed into a revolt, marked by calls for Paz's resignation, just six months after he took office.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Murphy believes Slot's departure is now purely a case of when rather than if, given the increasing revolt in the stands.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

But I did hear the lispings, the whispers, the mutters which some day, under one stimulus or another, will surely grow into open revolt unless the conditions which produce Bigger Thomases are changed.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright