insurgent
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They provide personal security to the president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, and battle insurgent groups, making Prigozhin and his men indispensable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ethiopia has been manufacturing drones at two factories since last year and is now thought to have a fleet of thousands, analysts say, giving the government an edge against its multiple insurgent enemies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
One activist has dedicated herself to extracting them from insurgent groups, and bringing them to a refuge she has made in an old house in Mae Sot, where she tries to get them work experience.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It seemed a sure thing a few weeks ago that Abdul El-Sayed, the insurgent progressive challenger in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, was leading the race going away.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
While Jack was on leave taking care of Sophie, Hoagland told me how Jack had been abducted in Cyprus by a red insurgent faction in sixty-four.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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Executives say operations in Mali’s gold-rich southwest largely sidestep disruptions related to insurgents, because supply chains for the mines come through Senegal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
He died from a fever in 1824 in Missolonghi, in modern day Greece, after joining Greek insurgents the year prior to fight a war of independence against the Ottoman Empire.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He was among thousands of insurgents who surrendered in late 2001 as a US-led coalition ousted the group.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
They were also motivated by the fear that their own survival might depend on getting on the right side of these insurgents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
In the next hour a few ministers and political leaders arrived, and telephone negotiations with the insurgents were begun in order to gauge the magnitude of the insurrection and to find a peaceful settlement.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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