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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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The headquarters of Tigrai TV, seen as the key outlet for the rebel authorities in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, was hit by a drone on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

There is one glaring problem: Software doesn’t rebel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The Fano and OLA rebel groups rejected the election and its results.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Here’s hoping it inspires a new generation of rebel filmmakers to take the wheel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“In Godspell, Jesus stirs the pot. He’s a rebel, and I was a rebel.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The rebels also clashed with government troops in neighboring Afar, in the sharpest escalation of hostilities since the end of the devastating civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Activists say that because the war with the Tamil rebels was ongoing, the then government didn't pursue the investigation and did not explain why.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthis accused the rebels on Wednesday of targeting Islam's holy city Mecca, sparking outrage across the Muslim world and deepening the conflict roiling the region.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The rebels, who have been attacking Saudi oil tankers, are trying to tighten their squeeze on the shipments, analysts say -- a lifeline for exports after Iran's blockade of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

There were few engagements with the enemy at that time—the rebels, we suspected, had little powder and less spirit—so the most numerous deaths were from distempers and disorders.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

Its aristocrats had the Magna Carta drafted to protect their rights after they rebelled against King John in 1215.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

The wound still smarted; he still rebelled against his fate.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Prosecutors say Mr. Mangione wrote in a notebook that he was rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Still, it’s promising sign that people are rebelling against Flock cameras.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

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

I had moved from the role of a gadfly within the organization to one of the powers that I had been rebelling against.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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