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Noun
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The succession of scandals crescendoes to cause internal revolt.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 July 2025 -
During the English Civil War in 1642, the medieval crown jewels were destroyed as a symbol of revolt against the monarchy.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Those dismissed include two attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing the Jan. 6 prosecutions in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington as well as a line attorney who prosecuted cases stemming from the Capitol riot and insurrection, the people said.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Once the security forces started killing and torturing enough protesters, the demonstrations, which did spiral into insurrections in 2017 and 2019, petered out.—
ERIC EDELMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2025
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This seemed to me to stem not from carelessness or spite but obstinacy.—
erin Khuê Ninh
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Campbell’s thirst to learn protected him from obstinacy.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Buhari’s first term was characterized by war on many fronts, including the Boko Haram insurgency, the secessionist pro-Biafra movement in the east of Nigeria and rampaging Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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What followed was a maelstrom: insurgency, sectarian bloodshed, and the birth of ISIS.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Along the way, the exhausting voyage involved various mutinies and crew deaths, and upon reaching the islands of the Malayan Archipelago, Magellan’s mind and ambitions changed.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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But the mutiny underscored for Putin that the country’s current business leaders and high-level bureaucrats cannot be relied on at moments of regime crisis.—
ANDREI YAKOVLEV,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Recent outbreaks in unvaccinated communities show that risk returns when vaccination rates fall. Conclusion?—
Tim Ryan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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As state immunization rates have declined, unvaccinated Kentuckians are at higher risk to contract measles, health officials are warning amid outbreaks nationwide.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
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Liverpool has bolstering online promotions and providing easier credit through its store card as well as launching omnichannel strategies to counter the insurgence of Chinese retail giant Shein.—
David Moin,
WWD,
4 Sep. 2024
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The Nigerian superstar further broadens his trademark fusion of amapiano and Afrobeats, establishing a new outpost in the styles’ insurgence into rap and pop.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Aug. 2024
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The huge demand for accounts used for misbehavior gives banks a crucial, and not always welcome, role as gatekeepers — a responsibility required by U.S. law — to prevent criminals from opening accounts or engaging in money laundering.—
Cezary Podkul,
ProPublica,
25 June 2025
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The letter argues that Broadway has not done enough to condemn the misbehavior of powerful people in the industry, comparing it unfavorably to other businesses.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
31 May 2025
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