uprising
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The 90-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been based in India since fleeing the Tibetan capital Lhasa after Chinese troops crushed an uprising in 1959.
From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026
The Islamic Republic was founded after an anti-Western uprising in 1979, and consolidated its rule through a subsequent eight-year war with Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
“The carrot is extremely powerful and extremely important to them if they don’t want to face another January uprising in Iran,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
It was widely regarded as a deliberately provocative and inflammatory act and one of the sparks that lit the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, also known as the al-Aqsa intifada.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
While I lie there, sobbing, tears trying to squeeze out of the slit of my eye, I hear Peeta whisper to Haymitch about President Snow, about the uprising in District 8.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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