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verb

past tense of revolt

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Recent Examples of revolted
Verb
Over their many months of incarceration, the Cuban refugees organized and revolted, in some instances breaking out of their detention camps. Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025 Several professional medical societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, have revolted against the government, and last month published immunization guidelines that diverge from the current CDC’s. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025 Just days ago, OpenAI was forced into damage control after users revolted against GPT-5’s colder, more clinical tone. Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Black people, trapped in neighborhoods that felt increasingly like holding pens, revolted. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 There will likely be a tipping point where the historic matchgoing fan is either priced out or just revolted out of wanting to attend. Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025 But in a twist, some users revolted, irritated by OpenAI's decision to retire older models, including the apparently much-beloved GPT-4o. PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025 Johnson has been the speaker since October 2023, after a handful of House Republicans revolted against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, placing the lower chamber in chaos. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024 He was reinstated a few days later after the company's employees revolted and threatened to quit over the move. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolted
Adjective
  • The shocked look on Byrne’s face, captured in one take, is genuine.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lewis and Picardo collapsed into tears, and Candy’s family was shocked.
    Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • People are disgusted with Israel’s response.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, Johnson can try to block the discharge effort in the Rules Committee, though the panel has rebelled against him in the past.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Arts and Crafts movement rebelled against factory drudgery and mass production.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Without a promise of pay, many air traffic controllers have called in sick or just not shown up for work.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms and officials took a breath.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ron spends a lot of time bouncing around the web, fascinated and repulsed in equal measure.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
  • After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 15-state outbreak has sickened at least 20, killing four, since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA began investigating cases of listeria poisoning, or listeriosis, in September.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The 15-state outbreak has sickened at least 20, killing four, since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA began investigating cases of listeria poisoning, or listeriosis, in September.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After going public together on social media, the pair have elicited strong reactions from people in their comments — some appalled by their age gap and others who quickly jump to their defense.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Hollywood leaders were astonished; free speech groups were appalled; and the episode triggered a multi-day news cycle about free speech and corporate capitulation to political pressure.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Revolted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolted. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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