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revolt

[ri-vohlt] / rɪˈvoʊlt /






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"But right now we're not seeing that kind of revolt," he said.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

As the protests have grown, Paz has made various gestures aimed at ending the revolt against policies with which he is attempting to resolve Bolivia's worst economic crisis in decades.

From Barron's • May 27, 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

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




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