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rebelliously



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In the years since Harry and Meghan “stepped back” from their royal duties and relocated to the United States, Harry’s rebelliously normcore tendencies have only become more pronounced.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2023

Proudly and rebelliously, I accused my parents’ generation—and Mama in particular—of failing to live up to the utopian promises that should have handed me a future that I could find worthy and comfortable.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 5, 2019

This was the Replacements at the peak of their powers, rebelliously thwarting expectations, simultaneously satirizing the ironic over-seriousness of "SNL" and mocking the second-rate-ness of their own name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2016

Siegfried is too polite to try combating von Rothbart, so instead he leaves this task to the swan-maidens, who — the female of the species is evidently deadlier here — rebelliously polish him off.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2015

Just as rebelliously, Angela kept watching the plane parked at 2B, instead of bending her head back down to concentrate on her computer.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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