revolt (against)

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Verb
  • When oxygen from the air passes over small pieces of iron inside the battery, the iron rusts and produces electricity.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The rocks absorb energy from compaction as the crawler passes over them.
    George Petras, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In Fort Worth, Crockett urged her supporters to tune out the noise and vote.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • For Dasher, the decision to tune out wasn’t recent.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Some designers find success ignoring social media altogether.
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
  • However, accuracy ignores the other effects of bombs—especially the blast radius.
    Richard Hall, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Revolt (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolt%20%28against%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

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