rebel
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Here’s hoping it inspires a new generation of rebel filmmakers to take the wheel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
It ruled "the temporary suspension" of bombings of rebel camps when there is intelligence information or other alerts about "the possible presence of children and adolescents."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
George Washington and the Continental Congress hoped to sever French-speaking eastern Quebec from the rest of British Canada and bring it into the war as a 14th rebel colony.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Voters in northern states such as Michigan that border Canada and conduct lots of trade with that country could rebel over the latest flare-up in tensions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The same night that his authority was recognized by all the rebel commands, he woke up in a fright, calling for a blanket.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The rebels seized control of the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The advance gives the Yemeni rebels effective control of one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints after a rapid offensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province and one of DR Congo's most crowded hillside cities, was captured by M23 rebels in February last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“In part, that followed the tanker attacks over the weekend, but it was also reported that the Houthi rebels had hit Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure yesterday.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The married rebels barely had time to take leave of their wives, whom they left to their own devices.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Baby boomers, the generation that rebelled against their parents, are moving into the same retirement communities as their octogenarian-plus moms and dads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
One of the main reasons colonists rebelled against the crown was that they wanted more Indigenous land—they wanted to move farther west into North America, but the king was telling them no.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026
Paraguay’s national anthem starts by stating that the people of the Americas were “oppressed for three centuries” until they rebelled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Haiti became the first independent black nation in the Americas in 1804, after enslaved people rebelled against their French masters in what was then the colony of Saint-Domingue.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Still later, one more attempt was made to unseat Zeus: the Giants rebelled.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Still, it’s promising sign that people are rebelling against Flock cameras.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Speakers promoting AI are getting booed at universities, voters are rebelling against data centers, and even AI-friendly Trump administration officials are starting to retreat as an artificial intelligence backlash gathers pace across the United States.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
When it came to creating this new government, rebelling against and pushing back against restrictions we had experienced under English common law, press freedom was seen to be essential.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
The Singhs sold clocks and watches to the colonials while secretly rebelling against British rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
“I’m not rebelling, Mom,” I said, even though maybe I was doing that too.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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