insurgency
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The insurgency was winning, and Mr. Bush needed to shift his strategy or accept defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Mali imported Russia’s Wagner mercenaries in 2022, in a failed attempt to swiftly suffocate the local Islamist insurgency that has since emerged as al Qaeda’s most successful and resilient offshoot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Thick clouds of red dust billow skyward as earthmovers cut roads through the Abujhmad hills of India's central Chhattisgarh state, the last holdout of a nearly 60-year insurgency that has cost 12,000 lives.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
"Roads were made and security forces opened camps inside the jungles," local police chief Sundarraj P, who spent years fighting the insurgency, told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Typically the subject was a well-to-do immigrant supporting some potential insurgency in his old land, or else funding a fledgling trade union or radical student organization.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Middle School
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