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resistance movement

NOUN
civil disobedience
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At the funeral for one of the last leaders of Kenya's Mau Mau resistance movement on Saturday, his daughter is bitter: he fought to liberate a country that never thanked him.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Our civil resistance movement is strong, and it is growing.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

The futility and frustration of dieting has in recent years ignited a resistance movement of sorts, encouraging women, especially, to reject social pressures to maintain a slender form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

“Women, half the population, are active throughout the revolution, keep the resistance movement alive, are there at every battlefield, watching, helping, sometimes fighting,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

At that young age, George joined the Dutch underground resistance movement as a courier, learning to dodge the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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