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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

Meanwhile, the M23 rebel group that controls parts of the east of DR Congo has announced new restrictions on movement between government-held and rebel-held areas of North Kivu province.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Maj Gen Adel Issa, 67, is accused of a raft of crimes allegedly committed during the Syrian civil war, which ended in December 2024 when rebel forces took the capital, Damascus, and Assad fled.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Mr. Sharaa, the victorious rebel commander, now complies with the IAEA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

Since 2004, a low-level conflict has simmered in the southernmost provinces of Buddhist-majority Thailand, as rebels in the Muslim-majority region battle for greater autonomy.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed initially sought rapprochement with Eritrea when he came to power, and the two governments cooperated against the Tigrayan rebels in the 2020-2022 conflict.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

In his apartment, days after Assad's fall, we watched the rebels looking for clues as to where he might have gone.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Both contracts surged more than 20% in July after the U.S. and Iran resumed attacks and Houthi rebels threatened shipping through the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The rebels fled into the rugged Sierra Maestra and, very slowly, began to gather strength.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

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

I couldn’t remember clearly, and my mind rebelled against me as I tried to recall.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

"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 ● Feb. 13, 2026

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told Kennedy that, as a political compromise, to keep the Joint Chiefs of Staff from rebelling, he needed 1,000.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

“It hasn’t come back into style. Punk has come into style, so I think this is your son’s way of rebelling all over again,” Mom said with a smirk.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman