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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed a roadmap for peace talks.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Mr. Sharaa, the victorious rebel commander, now complies with the IAEA.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

"Like, the rebel I am, I love to juxtapose," she says.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

You’re a bit of a rebel and tend to find dress codes arbitrary.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The song tells the story of an anonymous rebel living in the year 2112, a time when creativity and self-expression have been outlawed.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Ali Munif, 46, has been living in a displacement camp on the outskirts of Marib city since his village was overrun by the rebels in 2021.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, high oil prices and attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea have made the traditional routes costlier and more dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

In his apartment, days after Assad's fall, we watched the rebels looking for clues as to where he might have gone.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

But Charlie Werb, an analyst with Aldebaran Threat Consultants, said the new shipment could help Malian and Russian forces to build up enough strength to launch offensives into areas which have fallen to the rebels.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The jabberjays were muttations, genetically enhanced male birds created by the Capitol as weapons to spy on rebels in the districts.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

Soon after her entry into the King’s lab, she had rebelled against its hierarchical character, taking offense because her first-rate crystallographic ability was not given formal recognition.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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

Controllers are stressed out and rebelling during the shutdown because if it drags out they might not get paid, he said, adding that he is grateful for controllers who continue to serve.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

I could no longer pretend, fawn or wear the mask of servility, without my true self violently rebelling.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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