revolt (against)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolt (against)
Verb
  • What To Know Lake-effect snow forms when cold air passes over a lake's warmer waters.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • His pass over the top of the defense was perfectly placed, allowing Flagg to catch it and do the rest.
    Christian Clark, New York Times, 9 Nov. 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 14 Nov. 2025.

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