rebel
Example Sentences
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"Students were rebelling, but with hope and celebration, not anger. The film was about people finding joy in being themselves and saying we don't want to conform," says Krishen in the same interview.
From BBC
A woman rebelling from a marriage or striking out from the role of motherhood or otherwise trying to find meaning.
From Los Angeles Times
Consumers had rebelled against the chain over rising costs of its food, with images of an $18 Big Mac combo meal sold in Connecticut going viral in 2023.
It also accused Eritrea of "outright aggression" saying it was conducting joint manoeuvres with Ethiopian rebels in the north and supplying them with weapons.
From BBC
“Crash” eschewed Charli’s typical boundary-pushing electronic sound to aim for something notably more commercial, and, ever the rebel, Charli attempted to homogenize this marketable music with visual ideas that were more to her own taste.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.