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insurgency

[in-sur-juhn-see] / ɪnˈsɜr dʒən si /


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But Pakistan's least-developed province grapples with a growing separatist insurgency, which has also targeted mining investments by China.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The militant leader threatened to target Saudi oil facilities if Riyadh, which led a coalition against the Houthi insurgency more than a decade ago, goes back to war in Yemen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Wagner first arrived in the country in 2018 under a security pact with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to quash the insurgency.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Inspired by Khalra's life, the film follows an activist investigating alleged human rights abuses during Punjab's separatist insurgency, one of the bloodiest chapters in modern Indian history.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Typically the subject was a well-to-do immigrant supporting some potential insurgency in his old land, or else funding a fledgling trade union or radical student organization.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

But his supporters credited him with a tough crackdown on violent insurgencies and implementation of social programmes to help some of the country's poorest.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Somalia faces dual insurgencies from groups linked to Islamic State and al Qaeda.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

Somaliland also stands out for its relative stability compared to the rest of the country, which has been plagued by Islamist insurgencies and clan conflicts for decades.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes as Pakistan's security forces battle intensifying insurgencies in both the southern and northern provinces of the country that border Afghanistan.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

Not quite perfect, for continually there arise little insurgencies, inadequacies and frictions to which in time it will succumb.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.




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