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as in revolt
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
the revolution by which the American colonies gained their independence from Great Britain necessitated going up against the world's most powerful army
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Recent Examples of revolution
Ocasio-Cortez, on the other hand, began her career by sparking a small-dollar revolution that toppled a longtime incumbent who was being groomed to maybe take over House Democrats’ operations.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Civilian rule had emerged after the fall of longtime autocrat, Omar al-Bashir, who was deposed during a 2019 revolution that stunned the region.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
From climate leadership and architectural innovation to culinary revolutions and cinematic exports, Danish values are increasingly resonating worldwide.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Political thriller The Translator (2020) explored the early days of the revolution and the decades of oppression that preceded it, through the tale of a political refugee living in Australia who returns to Syria in search of his brother after he is arrested by the authorities for protesting.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Civilian rule had emerged after the fall of longtime autocrat, Omar al-Bashir, who was deposed during a 2019 revolution that stunned the region.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
From climate leadership and architectural innovation to culinary revolutions and cinematic exports, Danish values are increasingly resonating worldwide.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Political thriller The Translator (2020) explored the early days of the revolution and the decades of oppression that preceded it, through the tale of a political refugee living in Australia who returns to Syria in search of his brother after he is arrested by the authorities for protesting.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolution
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Here are seven easy bedroom decor ideas to welcome your bedroom into its spring era—just in time, because your new wardrobe rotation is going to need a worthy photo backdrop.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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While the two rookies, Richard Fitts and Hunter Dobbins, haven't been bad, the Red Sox likely don't want these two in the postseason rotation.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Nearly a year after record heat and surging electric bills sparked a ratepayer revolt, the legislature is set to take up a bill that could cut hundreds of millions of dollars from customer rates by restructuring how the state buys energy and how customers pay for it.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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The longtime leader of the latter group, George Gresham, is said to personally support endorsing Mr. Cuomo but is facing a broader revolt within his union.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Yamamoto snapped off a flurry of big-bending curves, generating four whiffs on 11 swings.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which is used to describe the gravity of black holes, uses a single field equation to explain how space curves and matter moves.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah was a leading activist in the country’s 2011 uprising.—
Mounira Elsamra,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Many of the demonstrators in this 1852 uprising in Guovdageaidnu (a city known to Norwegians as Kautokeino) were subsequently imprisoned, and some died behind bars.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Get to know the artists putting a Mexican spin on a timeless Caribbean sound.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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These casinos also offer several bonuses, like their free spins bonuses, that can boost winnings to up to several million dollars.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Yet the movement was deeply involved in a dramatic example of recent political violence: the January 6 insurrection, during which four people died and more than 100 police officers were injured.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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One of his first acts as president was to pardon those responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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The profits, in turn, are used to fund the rebellion.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs meet South Korean domestic turmoil The tariff upheaval comes at an inopportune time as former President Yoon Suk Yeol stands in court to face charges of rebellion over his institution of martial law in December.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Apr. 2025
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It has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America's Old West and as a tool of terror and political repression in the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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An article on Sunday about a small mutiny at Chautauqua Institution misidentified the writer of a letter quoted from The Gadfly.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolution. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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