rebel
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The headquarters of Tigrai TV, seen as the key outlet for the rebel authorities in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, was hit by a drone on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
In the days before Tice vanished, the driver made one particularly brazen move while Tice was interviewing rebel fighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
About that time he called together a second assembly of the principal rebel commanders.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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But as European and U.S. manufacturers tightened controls to avert diversions by the Houthis and the Iranians, the Yemeni rebels turned to China, arms experts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthis accused the rebels on Wednesday of targeting Islam's holy city Mecca, sparking outrage across the Muslim world and deepening the conflict roiling the region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province and one of DR Congo's most crowded hillside cities, was captured by M23 rebels in February last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The rebels are also pressing their broad offensive along frontlines on the western Red Sea coast in a bid to advance towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the mouth of the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
There was a brief volley; a few rebels who could not hold their fire, terrified at the approach of their King’s army, let loose a round without harm to any.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Baby boomers, the generation that rebelled against their parents, are moving into the same retirement communities as their octogenarian-plus moms and dads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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
First Africa rebelled, then the Senate with the entire populace of Rome, and finally all of Italy conspired against him.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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"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
Artists, musicians, writers, film makers and performers of all kinds are rebelling, one of the most profound forms of resistance to a repressive regime.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
“I’m not rebelling, Mom,” I said, even though maybe I was doing that too.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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