insurgence
Example Sentences
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Despite what felt like an Anglo insurgence this year, we don’t get to watch everything someone would see in the U.K.
There was concern from other African nations that France's Mali withdrawal could exacerbate the jihadist insurgence in the area.
From BBC
“The level of military support” for a Ukrainian insurgence, Admiral Stavridis said, “would make our efforts in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union look puny by comparison.”
From New York Times
On Christmas Eve, our community experienced an insurgence of fireworks.
From Washington Post
In these more clandestine spaces, I hear flashes of insurgence, a way to refuse the fictions we’ve been fed about reggaeton.
From New York Times
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