rebel
Example Sentences
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China's investments in the Middle East, and decisions on investments, may be hit, but its perceived neutrality could help ships transit the strait, as happened with the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
From Barron's
The French Revolution was sparked in part by the high cost of supporting America’s rebels against England.
He rebelled, at great risk to himself, deciding to become a filmmaking whistleblower.
From BBC
She has opened Venezuela's vast oil industry to foreign investment, sacked officials suspected of corruption, released scores of political prisoners and, according to Bogota, begun pushing Colombian rebels back across the border.
From Barron's
Springsteen called the musician a writer in the lineage of "geniuses" and "natural rebels" like Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
