insurgent
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Those delegates went on to back reforms to the party's primary process that made it easier for insurgent candidacies like Jackson to compete for the party's presidential nomination without backing from the Democratic establishment.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
“I think Josh will forever be an insurgent filmmaker and I don’t think the world would be right otherwise.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
Iran, where an insurgent civil society desperately awaits support?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
But Rommel Banlaoi, a Manila-based security analyst, told AFP that while many insurgent groups were "on the run", they were far from eradicated.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
While Jack was on leave taking care of Sophie, Hoagland told me how Jack had been abducted in Cyprus by a red insurgent faction in sixty-four.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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