rebellion
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Despite their seemingly simple narratives, the books address eternal themes: birth, death, rebellion and forgiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Sophistication, freedom, rebellion or just the simple joy of taking to the open road with the wind in your hair.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
In the mural “Troubled Island,” Noni Olabisi chronicles the Haitian struggle for independence, including how suffering under French colonists led to the 1791 slave rebellion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November, rumbles of rebellion swept the southern states.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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