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rebellious

[ri-bel-yuhs] / rɪˈbɛl yəs /


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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

Mariona says she ended up on the first floor - reserved for "the rebellious ones - the ones they considered fallen women".

From BBC

He says he would do basically anything that felt “rebellious and expressive.”

From Los Angeles Times