as in revolts
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed
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Recent Examples of uprisings
On what makes current protests different Pahlavi also spoke about how the current protests, which were sparked last month by the collapse of the country's currency, are different from past uprisings.
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Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Middle East efforts In Bulgaria, Mladenov held the position of defense minister for a year, before serving as foreign minister from 2010-13, during the uprisings in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring when Syria also descended into civil war.
—Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The United States could be on its 49th president by then, and Venezuela would need to remake its government as a democracy and resist potential uprisings.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
As popular uprisings swell across Iran, international eyes are trained on the movements of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
The techniques of repression have become so refined that, as in Iran thus far, popular uprisings have been suppressed by efficient riot control and selective arrests and murders.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
In the early 2010s, spontaneous uprisings rocked the heavily autocratic Middle East and North Africa.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Midterm elections will see congressional battlegrounds in states where fast-rising electric bills or data center hotspots — or both — are fomenting community uprisings.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Altogether more than 1,000 Israelis were killed in those uprisings, along with many times that number of Palestinians.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Middle East efforts In Bulgaria, Mladenov held the position of defense minister for a year, before serving as foreign minister from 2010-13, during the uprisings in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring when Syria also descended into civil war.
—Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The United States could be on its 49th president by then, and Venezuela would need to remake its government as a democracy and resist potential uprisings.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
As popular uprisings swell across Iran, international eyes are trained on the movements of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
The techniques of repression have become so refined that, as in Iran thus far, popular uprisings have been suppressed by efficient riot control and selective arrests and murders.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
In the early 2010s, spontaneous uprisings rocked the heavily autocratic Middle East and North Africa.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Midterm elections will see congressional battlegrounds in states where fast-rising electric bills or data center hotspots — or both — are fomenting community uprisings.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Altogether more than 1,000 Israelis were killed in those uprisings, along with many times that number of Palestinians.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprisings
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The society’s equilibrium has been profoundly disrupted and can easily tip into escalating popular revolts and open elite resistance, producing a revolution.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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The result was that, where earlier fiscal crises had been met by waves of municipal-level revolts against mainstream economic policies, New York witnessed no such revolts in the 1970s.—
Daniel Wortel-London,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Worth about $5 million, the Chew Valley Hoard is believed to have been hidden for safekeeping nearly 1,000 years ago, as Saxon rebellions against William the Conqueror roiled England; just under half of the 2,584 coins feature the last Anglo-Saxon king Harold II.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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While the sicko elites bask in the violence, Kawaji sees the Kodoku as a means of exterminating the remaining samurai, who have staged multiple rebellions against the Japanese empire.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
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Wars and insurrections have afflicted other parts of the Middle East, but Baghdad—a city whose name was once synonymous with suicide bombings and sectarian murder—has been spared.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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The president can also legally invoke the military under the Insurrection Act, which allows troops to be deployed in order to curb insurrections.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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This includes leader assassination attempts by political opponents or lone wolves or mutinies by disgruntled soldiers who might even march on the presidential palace to demand higher pay, promotions or other policy concessions.—
John Joseph Chin,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Uprisings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprisings. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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