revolt
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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
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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
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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
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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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