revolt
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These giant computer campuses, which are mostly void of human beings, have become a focal point of the growing revolt against an increasingly predatory tech industry.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Everton's decision to reject Nottingham Forest's offer for teenager Harrison Armstrong has headed off the possibility of open revolt against owners The Friedkin Group from a furious fanbase.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Demonstrations over worsening living conditions escalated into a revolt, marked by roadblocks that cut off major cities and calls for the president's resignation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The revolt brewing against smart glasses has made some users more wary about where they’re wearing the gadget and potential awkward encounters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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
It was also a time when various European empires were reaching their peak yet faced republican or nationalistic revolts.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
There are, of course, legitimate disabilities that call for accommodation, but the Gen Xer in me revolts at the way everything has been pathologized and turned into a condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, grassroots revolts against fossil-fuel exploration are even more fraught than they were in 2016.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025
I fledged in San Francisco, climbed its hills, slept in its parks, worked on its docks, marched and shouted in its revolts.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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There was one heavily affected community that revolted whenever the group tried to enter.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 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
No longer able to afford the staple of their diet, the Egyptian people revolted.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
When consumers revolted against excessive costs and volumes dipped, companies like PepsiCo and General Mills pivoted to aggressive promotions to regain market share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
I shuddered as I bent over to touch him, and every sense in me revolted at the contact; but I had to search, or I was lost.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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And so, as these fighters walked stone-faced to the octagon, we bore witness to the revolting spectacle of the troops saluting fighters.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
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
My second drag was as revolting as my first.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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