insurgent
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But opposition from the state government and members of the city council apparently led the insurgent former state legislator to pursue other measures to help plug New York's budget deficit that reached around $12 billion.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The episode helped forge the persona she would cultivate for decades: part street fighter, part martyr - a perpetual insurgent even in power.
From BBC • May 5, 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
"They are fragmented, and they have no leadership," she added of the insurgent groups.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
From time to time, Mammy showed her the old, crumpled newspaper clippings in it, and pamphlets that Ahmad had managed to collect from insurgent groups and resistance organizations headquartered in Pakistan.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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