insurgent

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As the stock languished in penny-stock territory around the end of 2024, insurgent squads of space enthusiasts huddled in scattered corners of the internet.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

But with the country deeply divided between rival clans, and much of it under the control of Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab, there has been little progress on organising elections beyond a few localised pockets.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“Dead City has revitalized the L.A. punk scene for real. They returned it to its rightful place as an insurgent culture, and in tangible ways have de-commodified it,” De la Rocha insisted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

I didn’t want to be an identity insurgent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

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