revolt
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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
"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
It took the speeches and writings of prominent Americans, especially Thomas Paine, to convince Americans to revolt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Creamed spinach and mac and cheese will not stage a revolt.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
I was sensible of a growing revolt of the spirit that suffused the whole of my frame, which would no longer be stifled or mollified.
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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"Revolution 2.0," Vocabulary from the memoir
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