revolt (against)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolt (against)
Verb
  • The worst of the storm is expected to have passed over Jamaica by Wednesday morning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats argue legislation to reopen the government should also extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse Republicans’ Medicaid cuts passed over the summer.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The veteran television writer Jenni Konner knows how to tune out bad press.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • She's been able to tune out people online and fan theories, instead just sticking to the outline for the book.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the summer the FDA convened a panel on the safety of certain antidepressants in pregnancy that tried to cast doubt on this research, ignoring the real harms of not treating depression or anxiety for pregnant people themselves and for their fetuses.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But the writers, like Noah and Joanne, are ignoring that fundamental fork in the road in favor of inane high jinks from the couple and their increasingly irksome friends and family.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Revolt (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolt%20%28against%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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