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rebellious

[ri-bel-yuhs] / rɪˈbɛl yəs /


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Lear nicknamed Reiner’s character after what his own father used to call him when he was a rebellious kid.

From Salon

Australia expects rebellious teens will do their best to skirt the laws.

From Barron's

“Rock ’N’ Roll,” which he dedicated to Vaclav Havel, explores the rebellious, Dionysian force of popular music, an eternal source of inspiration for him, in a play set partly in Prague during the Communist era.

From Los Angeles Times

But it rides on a brilliantly tuned air suspension with adaptive dampers to tie down rebellious momenta.

From The Wall Street Journal

“In the myths, Tano was always rebellious,” Autumn signs to me, her fingers barely in view.

From Literature