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uprising

[uhp-rahy-zing, uhp-rahy-zing] / ˈʌpˌraɪ zɪŋ, ʌpˈraɪ zɪŋ /


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Launched on Monday, the anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising crackdown, the "Tank Day" coffee tumbler promotion sparked calls to boycott Starbucks Korea and prompted a harsh rebuke from President Lee Jae Myung.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Holocaust Memorial Museum had used the term in translating a text about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked on the anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, has traditionally been a time for Israelis to gather and listen to testimony from survivors.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

Coincidentally, or perhaps not, the series premieres days before the congressionally established, weeklong Holocaust Days of Remembrance begin Sunday, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Your other task, ye menial train forbear: Now wash the stranger, and the bed prepare: With splendid palls the downy fleece adorn: Uprising early with the purple morn.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander




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