rebellion
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And this show is really about seeing the rebellion of young teenage girls and how they are sort of key to the inside resistance of toppling this regime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
You talked earlier about having a little bit of that rebellion in you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Humala, a former army officer, came to national prominence in 2000 when he led a short-live military rebellion against then-president Alberto Fujimori.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Stones don’t often wade into politics, and even when they do they often manage to evoke a timeless spirit: “Street Fighting Man” is a yawp of youthful rebellion, and it works for any era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Felix glanced back at Ms. Chenoweth, who was chatting with the math teacher and not watching Benji's lunch rebellion.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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The federal government was given the responsibility for putting down rebellions, which in practice meant crushing slave uprisings and resistance.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
Kurdish rebellions in the early years of the Islamic Republic were largely defeated, forcing Kurdish leaders into exile in neighboring Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The longer struggle against slavery in the Western Hemisphere involved centuries of resistance through rebellions, wars, sabotage, and self-emancipation by enslaved people themselves, a story that extends far beyond the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
But as the civilian government battled rebellions and internal divisions, it handed power to the military in 1958 for a two-year caretaker spell.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Meanwhile Professor Binns, the ghost who taught History of Magic, had them writing weekly essays on the goblin rebellions of the eighteenth century.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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