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

Creamed spinach and mac and cheese will not stage a revolt.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

The merger of a Baloch state into newly formed Pakistan at the end of British colonial rule sparked a revolt that has lasted nearly eight decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

First in May 1920, and then again two months later, he boldly and unequivocally predicted that a serious Communist revolt was about to take place throughout the country.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler