rebel
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"Like, the rebel I am, I love to juxtapose," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fighting between Myanmar's military and myriad rebel factions has spilled over the long border with Thailand, which hosts millions of refugees from Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
While BBC Verify has previously confirmed footage showing the unit carrying out air strikes against the rebel forces, the Africa Corps has struggled to halt their advance across the north of the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Saudi Arabia intervened militarily against the Houthis a decade ago after the rebel group took over San’a and swath of territory during Yemen’s civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Nuba region existed between African culture in the south and Arab culture in the north, prompting Yousif Kuwa, the late rebel leader of the Nuba, to declare his people “prisoners of geography.”
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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The deal also comes as Riyadh deals with renewed attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have announced an accompanying blockade of Saudi ports.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Both contracts surged more than 20% in July after the U.S. and Iran resumed attacks and Houthi rebels threatened shipping through the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Further south of Ituri there are large areas held by the M23 rebels, a powerful militia that says it has managed to contain the outbreak.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“We root for the rebels in ‘Star Wars’ and want them to defeat Darth Vader, or we side with the Fremen in ‘Dune.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Only the rebels stand up to the Martials.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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One of the main reasons colonists rebelled against the crown was that they wanted more Indigenous land—they wanted to move farther west into North America, but the king was telling them no.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026
Paraguay’s national anthem starts by stating that the people of the Americas were “oppressed for three centuries” until they rebelled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Haiti became the first independent black nation in the Americas in 1804, after enslaved people rebelled against their French masters in what was then the colony of Saint-Domingue.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Consumers had rebelled against the chain over rising costs of its food, with images of an $18 Big Mac combo meal sold in Connecticut going viral in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Speakers promoting AI are getting booed at universities, voters are rebelling against data centers, and even AI-friendly Trump administration officials are starting to retreat as an artificial intelligence backlash gathers pace across the United States.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
A woman rebelling from a marriage or striking out from the role of motherhood or otherwise trying to find meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told Kennedy that, as a political compromise, to keep the Joint Chiefs of Staff from rebelling, he needed 1,000.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
Artists, musicians, writers, film makers and performers of all kinds are rebelling, one of the most profound forms of resistance to a repressive regime.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Young people were rebelling against a society they thought was violent, corrupt, and immoral.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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