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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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Wall Street executives are wary of traveling to Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative next week following recent Houthi rebel attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has been named the leader of a new rebel coalition seeking to oust the government.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The headquarters of Tigrai TV, seen as the key outlet for the rebel authorities in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, was hit by a drone on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Here’s hoping it inspires a new generation of rebel filmmakers to take the wheel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

His name has stood through all the centuries, from Greek days to our own, as that of the great rebel against injustice and the authority of power.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Under Prigozhin, Wagner has swelled its ranks with captured Central African rebels, men who switched allegiances and are widely known as “Black Russians.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

At the same time escalating tensions in the Middle East, with ongoing strikes between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, have pushed oil prices higher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

He was hailed by many as a hero for bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war when Tamil Tiger rebels were crushed in 2009, during his first term as president.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In 2022, after years of stalemate, the government and rebels signed on to a ceasefire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

There were few engagements with the enemy at that time—the rebels, we suspected, had little powder and less spirit—so the most numerous deaths were from distempers and disorders.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Unlike the majority of his generational cohort, he never rebelled against the establishment that promoted it.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 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

A sector that once rebelled against Beijing has grown into a critical tool for working around sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Some converts say they're ditching polish as a way of rebelling against an entrenched female beauty standard or to save time and money.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A system designed to stop machines from rebelling will differ from one designed to hold laboratories responsible for testing practices, network architecture, safeguards, monitoring and intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Izzi does as he says, and reluctantly, I follow, my whole body rebelling at the thought of putting my life in the hands of a Mask.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir


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