Sentence examples for triggered a revolt from inspiring English sources

A propaganda chief who'd parachuted in from Beijing had meddled so crudely with a routine editorial that he triggered a revolt among editors and reporters.

At the State Department, it triggered a revolt of career diplomats, some thousand of whom signed an official statement of dissent arguing that the policy would do more harm than good.

That, in turn, triggered a revolt from locals who formed their own activist group, the Local Water Alliance, which forced the first public meeting last year and started pushing back against the official line.

This triggered a revolt by the religious party in which the governor was killed and his father, Hamad, was made governor.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), which funded the schemes, announced a year ago it would scrap financial support for local welfare entirely in April 2015, triggering a revolt from local authorities of all political hues, poverty charities, and even senior Conservative politicians.

The I.N.C. supporters in and around the Administration, including Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle, believe, like Chalabi, that any show of force would immediately trigger a revolt against Saddam within Iraq, and that it would quickly expand.

On one side is the international pressure, and on the other the fear that the death of an activist will trigger a revolt, which makes them cautious and leads them to give in to the pressure.

And if Republicans damage their brand even worse by shutting down the government, we think that they could trigger a revolt that might even imperil their House majority in 2014.

The protest came after a torrid week for the maverick candidate, whose criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq in 2004, triggered a Republican revolt.

The proposals have triggered a grassroots revolt, it emerged last night, as members of the party's policy committee demanded powers to rein in ministerial independence from Lib Dem policy.

Better still, the leading lights, Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko and Georgia's now President Mikhail Saakashvili, even studied together.In Georgia, it was rigged parliamentary elections that triggered a popular revolt.