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The situation — whether natural disaster, shooting, multi-victim car crash or riot — will dictate what needs to happen.
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
India’s daunting total had been built around another glorious innings from Samson, who followed his 97 not out against West Indies by running riot in Mumbai in the wake of Brook’s costly drop.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
One of his victims told investigators that the abuse started around April 2024, several months before Johnson was sentenced for his Capitol riot conviction.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors said Munafo punched a Metropolitan Police Department officer twice while attempting to rip the officer's riot shield away.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
India’s daunting total had been built around another glorious innings from Samson, who followed his 97 not out against West Indies by running riot in Mumbai in the wake of Brook’s costly drop.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
One of his victims told investigators that the abuse started around April 2024, several months before Johnson was sentenced for his Capitol riot conviction.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors said Munafo punched a Metropolitan Police Department officer twice while attempting to rip the officer's riot shield away.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riot
Noun
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Say those owls are like four, five hundred yards away, and your owl hoot makes those owls take off or start hooting.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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Henshall is a hoot as the tortured inspector, though the series has recently taken on a new dimension with the addition of Ashley Jensen (so brilliant in Ricky Gervais’ Hollywood satire, Extras) as the formidable DI Ruth Calder.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My screams finally drew my friend’s mom to intervene.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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By now, the standard sound of rage rap — redlining drums deployed with abandon, frenetic, almost spastic chord arrangements, and often shouted, mantra-like lyrics delivered in an impassioned scream — has become a predictable shorthand for overtures to a younger audience.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But all is not lost for those needing a laugh at Noem’s expense, or at the expense of the department, for that matter.—
Lorraine Ali
News,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the background of one verse, Yebba lets out a bellowing laugh.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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