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Petro, a former guerrilla, channelled the defiant messages of famed Latin American revolutionaries.

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Petro was defiant, posting on social media: "Not one step back and never on my knees."

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Expect a defiant rebuttal in court: For every person who feels like they were unfairly treated, there is another who might say, “I was here taking our father to doctor’s appointments and buying them groceries.”

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Opener John Campbell hit his first Test century as a defiant West Indies moved 18 runs from making India bat again on day four of the second Test on Monday.

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Comey had struck a defiant tone in his first public remarks on the indictment, declaring his innocence in a video posted on social media.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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