insurgence

Example Sentences

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Despite what felt like an Anglo insurgence this year, we don’t get to watch everything someone would see in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal

Removed from its oceanic heat source, Fred was losing steam, having evolved in a lopsided tropical cyclone due to an insurgence of dry air.

From Washington Post

Syria has been in the throes of civil war since 2011, when Arab Spring-inspired protests against the Assad family rule turned into an armed insurgence in response to a brutal military crackdown.

From Washington Times

But the chief said that if the Office of Police Accountability finds any evidence the officers were directly involved in the insurgence, they will be fired and the information will be shared with federal officials.

From Washington Times

But during the coronavirus pandemic, we are realizing a massive insurgence of people, presumably and understandably, to escape the confines of their homes.

From Washington Post