as in to mutiny (against)
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The March 31 episode already set in motion Malcolm’s spinoff storyline: After being passed over for head coach of USC’s baseball team, the assistant coach told his toupee-wearing boss to shove it.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
4 Apr. 2025 -
Second nomination after being passed over in 2023 with their first year of eligibility.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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For me, focusing intently on the most critical tasks and tuning out distractions was the only way to move forward.—
Dustin Lemick,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Though last Friday’s March jobs release was better than expected, with an increase in 228,000 jobs according to the nonfarm payroll report, it was widely ignored as old news due to the tariff implementation.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Pedro Pascal isn't ignoring an obvious parallel between himself and his character in the HBO series The Last of Us.—
Arabella Hau,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Revolt (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolt%20%28against%29. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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