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Recent Examples of riot
Japan in the late ’60s was a fractious place with riots.
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
The riot lasted for nearly a week, leaving hundreds of Black residents dead.
—USA Today, 17 June 2026
The currently untitled film will follow the early life of a cop who goes on to be caught up in the January 6th Capitol riots.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 June 2026
The point of picking up Hawthorne’s confounding story isn’t to recast the American Revolution as little more than a provincial riot.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
The riot lasted for nearly a week, leaving hundreds of Black residents dead.
—USA Today, 17 June 2026
The currently untitled film will follow the early life of a cop who goes on to be caught up in the January 6th Capitol riots.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 June 2026
The point of picking up Hawthorne’s confounding story isn’t to recast the American Revolution as little more than a provincial riot.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riot
Noun
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Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Periodically, Spider-Noir is, indeed, a hoot.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Noun
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And then there were the screams.—
Latif Love
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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As the ball landed safely on the other side of the left field fence at Nationals Park on Monday, Dylan Crews clenched his fists and let out a scream.—
Danielle Allentuck,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The fallout of that inquiry—to which Joe and Angela gamely acquiesce—generates its share of laughs, though our amusement comes at a cost.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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There are definitely laughs in Maddie’s Secret, but the point of the movie is almost to get beyond them, to the place where naive hokum could yield moments of inexplicable resonance.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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