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

Iraqi Shias in the south and Kurds in the north of the country started an armed revolt against his regime.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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

He has since led an internal revolt and was elected party leader in January, ending the decade-long grip of former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, 79, who had defied calls for reform.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Still, so many soldiers in the Continental army fell during the epidemic that revolutionary leaders feared that the disease would bring an end to their revolt.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann