insurgent
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“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
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
The area is heavily policed by Thai security forces -- the usual targets of insurgent attacks.
From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026
The U.S. also stations commandos and other forces in Somalia itself, where they help elite local troops fighting al-Shabaab—an Islamist insurgent group affiliated with al Qaeda—and the Somali branch of Islamic State.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 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
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