revolt
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Murphy believes Slot's departure is now purely a case of when rather than if, given the increasing revolt in the stands.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
BP 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. 27, 2026
The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing revolt
"The Sniper" by Liam O’Flaherty
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