rebel
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De la Espriella's combative approach has been met with defiance by dissident rebel groups.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Several people, including former rebel fighter Motaz al-Zaydi, told us they had resorted to eating rats.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fighting between Myanmar's military and myriad rebel factions has spilled over the long border with Thailand, which hosts millions of refugees from Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Satan’s the original outlaw, right? He’s a rebel angel,” Alexandra told the outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Inside Syria, there are rebel groups and pro-government soldiers and regional forces.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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The rebels control the Yemeni capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, and have been battling Saudi-backed government troops in the country's south for more than a decade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yemeni brothers Yunes, 33, and Yassin, 24, say they fled Houthi rebels in 2023, after they overran their country's capital eight years earlier.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
But Charlie Werb, an analyst with Aldebaran Threat Consultants, said the new shipment could help Malian and Russian forces to build up enough strength to launch offensives into areas which have fallen to the rebels.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“We root for the rebels in ‘Star Wars’ and want them to defeat Darth Vader, or we side with the Fremen in ‘Dune.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
There was a brief volley; a few rebels who could not hold their fire, terrified at the approach of their King’s army, let loose a round without harm to any.
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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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
On Christmas Day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson issued a sweeping amnesty to former Confederate officials and soldiers, ending legal consequences for those who rebelled against the United States.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
The wound still smarted; he still rebelled against his fate.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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Prosecutors say Mr. Mangione wrote in a notebook that he was rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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
"Maybe I was rebelling against everything, but not knowing what I was trying to aim for at the same time."
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
When it came to creating this new government, rebelling against and pushing back against restrictions we had experienced under English common law, press freedom was seen to be essential.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Maybe it was her way of rebelling against the faction system.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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