revolt (against)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolt (against)
Verb
  • Listen to this article The woman killed by an alligator on a Central Florida lake Tuesday was attacked after her canoe passed over the reptile in shallow water, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Wednesday.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
  • Multiple flights passed over the survivors but failed to spot them, local media reported.
    Marlon Sorto, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after the festival, a source close to the couple, who tied the knot in 2018, said that the pair is trying to tune out the noise.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 13 May 2025
  • But readers who had obsessively tracked Trump’s four convulsive years in office were ready to tune out the relative normalcy of the Biden White House; the Post lost about three hundred thousand subscribers in the first year of Biden’s Presidency.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025
  • Petrova claims her requests to correct the statement were ignored.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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“Revolt (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolt%20%28against%29. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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