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rebellion

[ri-bel-yuhn] / rɪˈbɛl yən /


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By highlighting Eve’s rebellion alongside her beauty, ads framed her as a fashion heroine.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

“Maybe it’s arrested development. Or maybe youth and rebellion are just part of my personality. They’re never gonna go away.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

If there were “a Terminator- or Matrix-like apocalypse, the rebellion will be right here.”

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“Had it not been for this infamous island, the American rebellion could not possibly have subsisted,” groused British Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

At a certain time Colonel Gerineldo Márquez was really the only one who could have pulled, even from his paralytic’s chair, the musty strings of rebellion.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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