revolt
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BP BP -0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle faced a shareholder revolt as investors used its annual general meeting to express their frustration, rejecting two of the energy major’s resolutions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
"The revolt was the result of a pain and I think that people should remember that while casting their votes," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
He has since led an internal revolt and was elected party leader in January, ending the decade-long grip of former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, 79, who had defied calls for reform.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Creamed spinach and mac and cheese will not stage a revolt.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
I said, “They fear a revolt, do they not? “If you mean Mr. Sharpe and the Young Men, indeed, they fear a revolt, though they incite one.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing revolt
"The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty
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