uprising

In 1968 – a heroic precedent cited by every French protest movement – a student uprising was actually brought to an end by election.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

But even “A Different World” hit its limits when it plunged the audience inside the Black folks’ shock and despair after the 1992 Los Angeles uprising.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Nationwide, some 50,000 people were detained in connection to the uprising, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a U.S.-based rights group that monitors the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The uprising is a sight to behold, and this summer I went to Albania and beheld it.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

In states like Virginia that had large enslaved communities, few things were more terrifying to white people—whether or not they owned slaves—than the idea of a violent uprising of slaves.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Then it weathered the Arab Spring uprisings around the region which saw off leaders in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In countries like Bangladesh, India and Nepal, youth-led anti-government uprisings have over the past 12 months rallied immense support against the various pressure points of corruption, nepotism, economic inequality and democratic backsliding.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The federal government was given the responsibility for putting down rebellions, which in practice meant crushing slave uprisings and resistance.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Luis Tato, from Agence France-Presse's Nairobi bureau, won a prize in the Africa Stories category for his coverage of the 2025 "Gen Z uprisings" in Madagascar.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

While the government announced that it was maintaining control throughout the country, the Liberals were receiving secret news of armed uprisings in the interior.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez