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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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He has also defended his decision to wear an army uniform at a recent event in Cúcuta at which he confronted a detainee suspected of being a Farc rebel.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Leo first arrived in Peru in 1985 as a missionary priest named Robert Prevost, working in the dusty northern town of Chulucanas when Peru was locked in conflict with a fanatical Maoist rebel group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

"Anyar Dubai" has been "going viral" for its plentiful supply, said rebel spokesman Pyae Phyo Kyaw, at a time when Myanmar military-held areas have been rationing petrol.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

I like the idea of a rebel as L.A. mayor, but the job is hard enough with City Council allies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Good to see you again, sirs,” yelped the rebel to my right, now leaping to his feet and grinding my beautiful skirt beneath his manure-encrusted boot.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Spiking oil prices may not directly drive conflict, said Kean, highlighting a broader military campaign to evict rebels from heartland footholds by squeezing revenue sources.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The US Treasury said Rwanda's defence ministry directed thousands of troops to fight alongside M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, providing weapons, equipment, logistics and training.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

At the same time escalating tensions in the Middle East, with ongoing strikes between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, have pushed oil prices higher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Investigators are looking into the possibility he began to radicalize in the war-torn country where Islamist rebels fought against the ruling Assad regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“And thank the skies for it. Who knows what d-d-damage she and her rebels would have caused if she still—still lived.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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

He rebelled, at great risk to himself, deciding to become a filmmaking whistleblower.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

His nose rebelled against the very noticeable odor of fresh enamel.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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 was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

It was bad enough that his daughter was rebelling, but here was his own wife joining forces with her.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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