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rebellion

[ri-bel-yuhn] / rɪˈbɛl jən /


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Some corporate governance experts attribute the rebellion Noel Tata is facing to a staggered succession by his half-brother Ratan Tata, who died in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

To continue on the subject of family, what did teenage rebellion look like in the Morello household when he was growing up?

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Longtime Cuba observers say that there is little chance that increased deprivation will spark a popular rebellion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Although the rebellion has been largely weakened in recent years, sporadic attacks continue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

“I think men of common sense will prevail. Nobody wants rebellion except fools and hotheads.”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

The federal government was given the responsibility for putting down rebellions, which in practice meant crushing slave uprisings and resistance.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Kurdish rebellions in the early years of the Islamic Republic were largely defeated, forcing Kurdish leaders into exile in neighboring Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

The longer struggle against slavery in the Western Hemisphere involved centuries of resistance through rebellions, wars, sabotage, and self-emancipation by enslaved people themselves, a story that extends far beyond the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

But as the civilian government battled rebellions and internal divisions, it handed power to the military in 1958 for a two-year caretaker spell.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

Meanwhile Professor Binns, the ghost who taught History of Magic, had them writing weekly essays on the goblin rebellions of the eighteenth century.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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