uprising
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Libya has remained fractured since chaos broke loose following the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that toppled longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
The calculation of Burnham's allies appears to be that the PM no longer has the political authority to do so and that if he tried to block Burnham it would trigger an uprising.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The uprising harked back to the 1980s and 1990s, when iconic environmentalist Judi Bari led Earth First! campaigns against logging in the region.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Some in the AI field have long talked privately about the potential social uprising that could occur around the technology, especially given the potential power it has to reshape our lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
I think of Haymitch’s sneering at my plans to flee District 12, start my own uprising, even the very notion that District 13 could exist.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing uprising
Born a Crime
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