revolt

Example Sentences

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According to Ekane's lawyers, he was accused of hostility against the state, incitement to revolt, and calls for insurrection.

From BBC

An attempt to tweak Lloyd’s dress code in 2014, by allowing men in the market to work in shirt sleeves on a blazing hot day, provoked an instant revolt, Beale said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It also transcended local issues in an aspiration to become "the new face of a global and generational revolt," said the professor, who specialises in issues related to youth.

From Barron's

Government forces violently put down months of nationwide revolt unleashed by her death.

From Reuters

Mayorkas responded saying "what the senator said was revolting" and refused to address his comments.

From Salon