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Recent Examples of riot
She's led the efforts to reform policing in the wake of the 2001 shooting of 19-year-old Timothy Thomas by Cincinnati Police Officer Stephen Roach, which sparked riots.
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Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2025
In summertime, the Park’s length features a riot of blooming wildflowers attracting clouds of butterflies–queen, Phaon crescent, gulf fritillary, monarch.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Its storefront, painted with polka dots and decorated with giant butterflies, sits like a cheery oasis in Gustine’s four-block downtown, a riot of green spilling from the planter boxes out front.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
During an especially chaotic riot at the asylum, Thornhill was reunited with Tyler, immediately attempting to convince him that Wednesday is his real enemy.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Aug. 2025
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Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2025
In summertime, the Park’s length features a riot of blooming wildflowers attracting clouds of butterflies–queen, Phaon crescent, gulf fritillary, monarch.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Its storefront, painted with polka dots and decorated with giant butterflies, sits like a cheery oasis in Gustine’s four-block downtown, a riot of green spilling from the planter boxes out front.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
During an especially chaotic riot at the asylum, Thornhill was reunited with Tyler, immediately attempting to convince him that Wednesday is his real enemy.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riot
Noun
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To the filmmakers’ credit, that includes the kind of retrograde, politically incorrect humor — the cops’ anatomical appreciations of Beth are a hoot — that makes the movie feel almost like the old Naked Gun.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Hanna’s father is, on the one hand, a hoot, a charming eccentric who drops by for drinks on the porch and is frequently the source of some laugh-out-loud punchlines.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
Noun
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The scream, the adults in the living room knocking over chairs and flying towards the terrace, Mr. Tiago and the boy’s father diving in with their clothes on and everything, the women standing at the pool’s edge in panic, crying.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Aug. 2025
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On an unseasonably cool August evening with scattered rain clouds in the area, the screams of several dozen people would soon fill the air near the banks of the Missouri River.—
Dominick Williams
August 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Like, just write 100 tunes and record them all (laughs).—
Ed Masley,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Andrés joked in reply, prompting a laugh from Meghan.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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