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Recent Examples of riot
Director Kash Patel and his FBI would be lunatics to invite the Minnesota law enforcement officials who watched their own police station be burned to the ground in the Floyd riots anywhere near the current investigation.
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David Marcus, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The shooting occurred more than five years after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police not far from where Good died – which sparked riots and a movement for racial justice in a city still struggling to heal.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Dozens of other efforts followed, including during the Boston school desegregation crisis in the 1970s, during the infamous neo-Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, in 1977 and in Los Angeles in the early 1990s following the Rodney King police beating and the subsequent riots.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
But Kingstown grinds him up through the prison riots, through being fired from his job to accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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David Marcus, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The shooting occurred more than five years after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police not far from where Good died – which sparked riots and a movement for racial justice in a city still struggling to heal.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Dozens of other efforts followed, including during the Boston school desegregation crisis in the 1970s, during the infamous neo-Nazi march in Skokie, Illinois, in 1977 and in Los Angeles in the early 1990s following the Rodney King police beating and the subsequent riots.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
But Kingstown grinds him up through the prison riots, through being fired from his job to accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riot
Noun
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Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Dec. 2025
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But their annual Christmas dinner was a special hoot.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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About his screams to the crowd.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The laughs came thanks to some ace-level hosts.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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The cops have a good laugh with her.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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