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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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Here’s hoping it inspires a new generation of rebel filmmakers to take the wheel.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

“If we reach our goal to go to Oktoberfest, it’s not the rebel brand anymore,” Marx said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

It ruled "the temporary suspension" of bombings of rebel camps when there is intelligence information or other alerts about "the possible presence of children and adolescents."

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

George Washington and the Continental Congress hoped to sever French-speaking eastern Quebec from the rest of British Canada and bring it into the war as a 14th rebel colony.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Chobin’s rebel army probably all felt like that.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The rebels seized control of the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

“In part, that followed the tanker attacks over the weekend, but it was also reported that the Houthi rebels had hit Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure yesterday.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The rebels impose their own Ebola-prevention measures, including strict enforcement of safe burial practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Yemen’s Houthi rebels and al-Shabaab—al Qaeda’s wealthiest affiliate—were long divided by sectarian lines.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

We left in silence, as near as we could, to ensure that the rebels would not know of their victory until we had gained Norfolk again.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

In Belle Époque Paris, the cabarets of Montmartre rebelled against industrial modernity and spawned an aggressive avant-garde sensibility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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 we loved the way she rebelled, anyway; having been raised by old people, she spoke like them.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Still, it’s promising sign that people are rebelling against Flock cameras.

From Salon Aug. 14, 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

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

“I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

By the time I’m ready to be dressed, their complaints about the difficulty of getting different products—from crabmeat to music chips to ribbons—has given me a sense of which districts might actually be rebelling.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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