insurgent

Example Sentences

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I didn’t want to be an identity insurgent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Among the true believers was someone who arrived late that day: L.A.’s original democratic socialist insurgent, Nithya Raman.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

But Rommel Banlaoi, a Manila-based security analyst, told AFP that while many insurgent groups were "on the run", they were far from eradicated.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

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

While Jack was on leave taking care of Sophie, Hoagland told me how Jack had been abducted in Cyprus by a red insurgent faction in sixty-four.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee