rabble-rouse
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As the tribunes, Bernardo De Paula’s Brutus and Daniel DeYoung’s Sicinius scheme and rabble-rouse with manipulative glee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Soon “Wins-a-ton,” as he dubs himself, is publicizing the business on radio broadcasts where he can rabble-rouse about local controversies such as the removal of Confederate monuments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Our son would never rabble-rouse at bedtime again.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
If you’re concerned about the fact that the internet could be a very different place in less than two months, now is a very good time to rabble-rouse.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2017
There were still some mutterings at the way Khrushchev had violated diplomatic niceties and often talked beyond the Indian government to rabble-rouse the crowds against the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
She first gained attention as one of the rabble-rousing and much-hyped Young British Artists of the early 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Lisa is the rabble-rousing rock star, responsible for Blackpink's signature attitude, which she undercuts with a few well-timed winks to the camera.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
Sinema’s political career began as a rabble-rousing anti-war activist.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
A rabble-rousing activist with roots in L.A.’s labor movement, he had entered Eastside politics as Molina’s representative on what later became the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Maybe all hospitals should import groups of rabble-rousing punk rockers to kick-start the languishing patients’ hearts.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
