insurgent

Example Sentences

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Two Indian red lines were soon tested: curbing support for north-eastern insurgents and protecting Hindu minorities.

From BBC

Instability in Bangladesh would also affect the region’s largest economy, India, which has battled both Bangladesh-based terrorist groups and insurgents in India’s sensitive northeastern states.

From The Wall Street Journal

In both elections, he won the votes of more than 2 million Californians, who were also a major source of the small-dollar donations that fueled his insurgent campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think Josh will forever be an insurgent filmmaker and I don’t think the world would be right otherwise.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 1903, Roosevelt approved a coup by local insurgents, and sent in the gunboats.

From Barron's