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Recent Examples of riot
In July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the George Floyd riots, Wallace made multiple posts on X, then known as Twitter, condemning Trump for promoting hate.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
What To Know On February 12, Washington, D.C., federal Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop deleting videos of the January 6 riot from government websites.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Then, during his first term in office, his favorability rating rapidly shifted up and down, with a high of 49% in April 2020, and a low of 36% in early January 2021 — just before the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump was impeached twice during his first term—first over allegations of abuse of power regarding Ukraine and later for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
What To Know On February 12, Washington, D.C., federal Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop deleting videos of the January 6 riot from government websites.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Then, during his first term in office, his favorability rating rapidly shifted up and down, with a high of 49% in April 2020, and a low of 36% in early January 2021 — just before the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump was impeached twice during his first term—first over allegations of abuse of power regarding Ukraine and later for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riot
Noun
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The movie is a jaw-dropping hoot, with Moore as an aging celebrity who takes a drug treatment that unlocks her younger self (Margaret Qualley).—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Parker Posey plays Tim’s wife, Victoria, a brassy belle who thinks everything her children do is a hoot.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Pleas to end the mayhem were also ignored by the crowd as screams and commotion continued to fill the terminal.—
Bonny Chu,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the shrieking Ben and Mari hear is more than just screams.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The middle-school laughs made Isaiah Stewart feel uneasy.—
Hunter Patterson,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The biggest laughs were earned by Murphy, who did an impression of Morgan, while Morgan played a man named Darius and Jones played a woman named Shanice.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Riot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riot. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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