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.
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
Security forces violently put down the revolt, and the street demonstrations largely fizzled in February.
From Reuters
Then came a video with the message: "All people revolt - hand the power of the government back to the people".
From BBC
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