rebel
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Washington also has been increasing economic pressure on Rwanda over its alleged backing of the armed M23 rebel group in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The statement also pointed out that the US has imposed sanctions on Rwanda's military and senior officials because of their involvement in supporting the M23 rebel group in the DRC, undermining a peace agreement.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Wall Street executives are wary of traveling to Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative next week following recent Houthi rebel attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
I like the idea of a rebel as L.A. mayor, but the job is hard enough with City Council allies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Good to see you again, sirs,” yelped the rebel to my right, now leaping to his feet and grinding my beautiful skirt beneath his manure-encrusted boot.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The US Treasury said Rwanda's defence ministry directed thousands of troops to fight alongside M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, providing weapons, equipment, logistics and training.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Under Prigozhin, Wagner has swelled its ranks with captured Central African rebels, men who switched allegiances and are widely known as “Black Russians.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
At the same time escalating tensions in the Middle East, with ongoing strikes between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, have pushed oil prices higher.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
She said this week: “I’m one of the rebels that is not going to put a number on her house.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
To the man who piloted the men across the river, the strangers were unremarkable, just another band of bedraggled rebels heading home after losing the war.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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Canada was formed as a collection of British North American colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown when the colonies in the modern-day US rebelled.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
Everything in him rebelled against stopping the engine and falling now.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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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
"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
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
It was rebelling and would have leaped over the side of the mountain, to all our destruction, in its attempt to unseat me had I relaxed control for a single second.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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