as in screams
someone or something that is very funny
she's such a riot at parties
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Recent Examples of riots
There have been fears about violence after recent far-right riots in Britain.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
The riots started when sailors descended into Downtown LA and started beating up and stripping off Pachucos of their clothing.
—Caterina Barbera Kipreos, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The country is not convulsed with riots, hyperinflation, or mass immiseration.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
The video report on the Peekskill riots was one of the few times that the name and image of Paul Robeson — who had conquered stage, radio, records, and the motion picture screen — appeared on television in Cold War America.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Racism, 100 years after abolishing slavery, was at its peak (Ole Miss riots and the rise of George Wallace are just a few examples ), with the KKK brutalizing African Americans in the South.
—Vuk Vukovic, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The Public Safety Response Team will respond to large crowds and riots to protect lives and property, ensure safe movement around the city, and restore order.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Elon Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ as UK rocked by far-right riots.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
The officers’ acquittal sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots, in which widespread unrest and violence killed over 50 people, injured thousands and inflicted $1 billion in property damage.
—David Levinson, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
The riots started when sailors descended into Downtown LA and started beating up and stripping off Pachucos of their clothing.
—Caterina Barbera Kipreos, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The country is not convulsed with riots, hyperinflation, or mass immiseration.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
The video report on the Peekskill riots was one of the few times that the name and image of Paul Robeson — who had conquered stage, radio, records, and the motion picture screen — appeared on television in Cold War America.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Racism, 100 years after abolishing slavery, was at its peak (Ole Miss riots and the rise of George Wallace are just a few examples ), with the KKK brutalizing African Americans in the South.
—Vuk Vukovic, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The Public Safety Response Team will respond to large crowds and riots to protect lives and property, ensure safe movement around the city, and restore order.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Elon Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ as UK rocked by far-right riots.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
The officers’ acquittal sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots, in which widespread unrest and violence killed over 50 people, injured thousands and inflicted $1 billion in property damage.
—David Levinson, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Riots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riots. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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