rebels
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Dreamers, for example, fantasise about the future too much, while rebels feel a lack of control and so procrastinate in protest.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some aid officials say one reason for low infections is either unreported cases or strict measures imposed by the rebels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Her father Alberto, who ruled from 1990 to 2000, won praise for crushing Maoist rebels and taming hyperinflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
How did Great Britain, possessing both an empire on which the sun never set and the greatest navy the world had ever seen, lose to ragamuffin American rebels?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Such lowly offices as I had performed for the rebels, I was now commissioned to perform for the King’s Army: the work of mattock, spade, and shovel.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
