insurgents

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Twenty years ago, the grim and creatively valorous third season thrust the story’s human heroes into the role of insurgents.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Nigeria's north‑east has seen repeated incidents in recent years in which military air operations against Islamist insurgents have mistakenly hit civilians, including in villages, camps for displaced people and markets.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

But when I asked if she thought the Surf City insurgents could upend California politics, the professor quickly said, “No.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers were still mapping networks of insurgents and roadside bombs by hand until FDEs arrived to stitch together PowerPoints and memos into a centralized intelligence platform.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Because really, Werner thinks, they are all insurgents, all partisans, every single person they see.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr