rebel
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De la Espriella's combative approach has been met with defiance by dissident rebel groups.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
Brent crude rose to over $98 a barrel following the news that the rebel group attacked the vessels in the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Our Regiment is armed from rebel stores seized in raids earlier this month.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Meanwhile, high oil prices and attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea have made the traditional routes costlier and more dangerous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially sought rapprochement with Eritrea when he came to power, and the two governments cooperated against the Tigrayan rebels in the 2020-2022 conflict.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In his apartment, days after Assad's fall, we watched the rebels looking for clues as to where he might have gone.
From BBC ● 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
The rebels may gnash their teeth as they will.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Unlike the majority of his generational cohort, he never rebelled against the establishment that promoted it.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
It was also the first time I had rebelled against my parents.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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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
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
The comparison to Powell was made by John McDonnell, who lost the Labour whip last year after rebelling on a welfare vote.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
I could no longer pretend, fawn or wear the mask of servility, without my true self violently rebelling.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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