insurgent
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He backed a bevy of insurgent primary bids by DSA-aligned candidates like New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier and Colorado’s Melat Kiros—both of whom would go on to win.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Most lie in areas contested by ethnic insurgent armies.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Yet Raman managed to pull off a hard-fought campaign, with Pratt as an unexpectedly strong insurgent from the right — a winning streak that continued this week when she scored two key endorsements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Fabrizio Foschini, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said during earlier decades of war "mining mainly benefited insurgent groups, including the Taliban, and local strongmen with links to corrupt government officials".
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 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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In northern Africa’s Sahel region, religious insurgents and ethnic militias have chased government authorities from entire provinces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Executives admit they have struggled to match the low production costs and development speed of the Chinese insurgents.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Only the federal army has military drones in the country of 130 million people, and they have been deployed repeatedly against insurgents operating in several regions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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
Arthur called off the hunt, judged accurately that the insurgents were demoralized, and allowed his men to sleep in comfort on their arms, with few but careful sentries.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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