revolt (against)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolt (against)
Verb
  • Democrats are also hoping to repeal cuts to health care programs that were put in place as part of the GOP spending and tax bill that passed over the summer.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That move sparked outrage from refugee advocacy groups, who argued that people from other nations in the midst of conflicts were being passed over.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some fans — though certainly not all — have started to tune out since the Sunflower Showdown defeat.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • His real specialty, The Mastermind suggests, is his ability to tune out everything but his own wants and needs.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The same is true of Guiteau’s eventual imprisonment and trial, which aren’t ignored but barely touch on the wackiness that actually ensued.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There were extremely rich philosophical traditions in the non-Western world that your great books classes completely ignore.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Revolt (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolt%20%28against%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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