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Recent Examples of riot
The verdict over the murder of a white British teenager sparked riots.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Sherrill deploys riot gear only after Fox News reported bare-bones police presence.
—FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
The riots ended after over 3,500 national troops cleared the streets.
—USA Today, 2 June 2026
Plant Flowers For Each Season Is your garden a riot of color in April and May and nothing but green the rest of the year?
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Sherrill deploys riot gear only after Fox News reported bare-bones police presence.
—FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
The riots ended after over 3,500 national troops cleared the streets.
—USA Today, 2 June 2026
Plant Flowers For Each Season Is your garden a riot of color in April and May and nothing but green the rest of the year?
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 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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Once seated, the crowd roared each time a member of the cast walked in, with the biggest screams by far going not to Anderson or co-star Assad Zaman but Eric Bogosian, who at 73 plays the youngest vampire of the season, Daniel Molloy.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Literature, in his view, was a susurrus of stifled screams, a missive from the netherworld of the collective imaginary.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The quest to find the better joke, the stronger laugh—that’s reason enough to keep on living.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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These people had huge laughs Thursday morning over their airport Bloody Marys after realizing their words were treated as if serious.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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