rebellion
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Caicedo’s raw, colloquial style was ahead of its time, a herald of the rebellion against magical realism that would transform Latin American literature and shoot writers like Roberto Bolaño to fame two decades later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It “broke the idea that the British couldn’t be beaten,” we are told, and “helped the colonists believe in the rebellion again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
And this show is really about seeing the rebellion of young teenage girls and how they are sort of key to the inside resistance of toppling this regime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fashion has a long history of turning provocation, rebellion and even criticism of the industry itself into something desirable — and expensive.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Then there was, that night, the storm, and ships which had cut their anchor cables to escape the assaults of rebellion were now incapable of mooring, and so were dragged ineluctably toward shore.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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
In rebellions that occurred in New York, Richmond and Charleston between 1712 and 1822, “African spiritualist presences” influenced participants who believed themselves to possess supernatural protection from harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Likewise, the end of slavery was not solely brought about by the Civil War in the U.S., but also by centuries of resistance through rebellions, wars, sabotage and self-emancipation, across the entire Americas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
By one measure External link, these local rebellions have sunk or delayed tens of billions of dollars worth of potential data center projects.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Though there have been many successful colonial rebellions against imperial domination since the American Revolution, none had occurred before.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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