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Recent Examples of riot
The town’s parents riot, prompting a $5 billion lawsuit from Trump.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 July 2025
Our tasters preferred thin chocolate shards that shattered when chewed, creating a textural riot with each bite.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2025
His late tenure with Black Sabbath was marked by a concert no-show that turned into a riot.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 22 July 2025
Alongside George Floyd’s murder by a police officer in Minnesota, the death of Taylor, who was black, contributed to sparking nationwide Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 July 2025
Our tasters preferred thin chocolate shards that shattered when chewed, creating a textural riot with each bite.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2025
His late tenure with Black Sabbath was marked by a concert no-show that turned into a riot.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 22 July 2025
Alongside George Floyd’s murder by a police officer in Minnesota, the death of Taylor, who was black, contributed to sparking nationwide Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riot
Noun
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To the filmmakers’ credit, that includes the kind of retrograde, politically incorrect humor — the cops’ anatomical appreciations of Beth are a hoot — that makes the movie feel almost like the old Naked Gun.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Hanna’s father is, on the one hand, a hoot, a charming eccentric who drops by for drinks on the porch and is frequently the source of some laugh-out-loud punchlines.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
Noun
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The scream, the adults in the living room knocking over chairs and flying towards the terrace, Mr. Tiago and the boy’s father diving in with their clothes on and everything, the women standing at the pool’s edge in panic, crying.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Aug. 2025
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On an unseasonably cool August evening with scattered rain clouds in the area, the screams of several dozen people would soon fill the air near the banks of the Missouri River.—
Dominick Williams
August 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are a couple of Yates on the tracks [laughs].—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Pete Davidson takes on that role and is responsible for whatever attempts at laughs there are in this thing.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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