revolt

Example Sentences

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"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

Each year, Bani Walid celebrates the anniversary of a 1969 coup that brought Gaddafi to power, with people parading through the streets with portraits of the ex-leader and Libya's green flag from before the revolt.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

After crushing a Jewish revolt in the second century, Emperor Hadrian sought to sever the Jewish connection to the land by renaming the province “Syria Palaestina”—a name derived from the long-vanished Philistines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

She felt somehow humiliated by this public revolt in her area of jurisdiction.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy