insurgent

Example Sentences

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I didn’t want to be an identity insurgent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

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 • Feb. 10, 2026

To some surprise, the insurgent party's leadership backed scrapping the London to Liverpool plan, though it would have supported an underground station in Greater Manchester.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Conversations around the effort to defeat insurgent mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have often started with a seemingly unrelated question: “Do you summer in the city?”

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

“Sadly, the bridge is already under insurgent control due to questionable strategizing by my bereft cohort.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green