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revolt

[ri-vohlt] / rɪˈvoʊlt /






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Among ordinary Russians, Kasyanov said he saw "no grounds for a revolt", despite mounting war casualties and rising food prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

It is paying interest to this day: “It is astonishing to think of the wars, revolutions, religious revolt, pandemics and other disasters this bond has survived,” the author marvels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But while Burnham is facing some difficult calls, this is not a leader facing a restless party in revolt.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The ploughman wants to play by the rules, but it’s how the revolt plays out that radicalizes him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Teleki’s association with the Hungarian uprising against Austrian rule in March 1848, a revolt that was crushed by Imperial armies and followed by a punitive policy of Germanisation, led to him being sentenced to death.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The university endured the faculty and student revolts that those moves sparked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

Speaking to other militia members who joined the revolts of Bundy and his father, The Atlantic found that Ammon was an outlier in his own community.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

“The painting attracts me, revolts me, consumes me.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

When visiting fans discover ranch, most love it, some hate it and others are revolted by it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

Regularly he revolted against outworn techniques and materials.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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

Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

BOSTON—The home of a famous 1773 tea party is revolting again, this time over coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

She began to understand that her life might seem revolting to some educated people.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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