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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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Brent crude rose to over $98 a barrel following the news that the rebel group attacked the vessels in the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Under the Obama administration, an international coalition targeting the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi during the country’s 2011 civil war struck his fleeing convoy, leading to his capture and killing by rebel fighters.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

The Malian army confirmed the rebel assaults on the four towns and Kenieroba on Facebook Saturday morning, asserting that "these attacks were vigorously repelled" and that "the situation is completely under control."

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

A24 has positioned itself as the film industry’s rebel, funding new and emerging talents producing thought-provoking ideas.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

“She’s the only one not looking at the camera—which gives you a sense that there’s something outside the frame. Is she a rebel? Or does this hint at the whole family’s spirit?”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

But the rebels gave safe passage to two Chinese oil tankers carrying Saudi oil through the Bab al-Mandeb.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

They expected that their vastly superior, Western-supplied air force would soon be able to bomb the Houthis to the negotiating table and that the rebels would quickly sue for peace.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Dreamers, for example, fantasise about the future too much, while rebels feel a lack of control and so procrastinate in protest.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Her father Alberto, who ruled from 1990 to 2000, won praise for crushing Maoist rebels and taming hyperinflation.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Just yesterday, the duke presented a plan: they would deploy more legions, and keep Nehemia here to discourage any retaliation from the rebels.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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

And step one had been already taken: the Muslims were given die impression that I had rebelled against Mr. Muhammad.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

"I'm playing Caesar in the first film, leading the apes to freedom and rebelling and breaking out of the facility," he recalls.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

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

Artists, musicians, writers, film makers and performers of all kinds are rebelling, one of the most profound forms of resistance to a repressive regime.

From Salon Jan. 1, 2026

It was bad enough that his daughter was rebelling, but here was his own wife joining forces with her.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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