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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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Neither Eritrea’s foreign minister nor a Tigrayan rebel spokesman responded to requests for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the days before Tice vanished, the driver made one particularly brazen move while Tice was interviewing rebel fighters.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Here’s hoping it inspires a new generation of rebel filmmakers to take the wheel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

It ruled "the temporary suspension" of bombings of rebel camps when there is intelligence information or other alerts about "the possible presence of children and adolescents."

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The Nuba region existed between African culture in the south and Arab culture in the north, prompting Yousif Kuwa, the late rebel leader of the Nuba, to declare his people “prisoners of geography.”

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

She said this week: “I’m one of the rebels that is not going to put a number on her house.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

He was hailed by many as a hero for bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war when Tamil Tiger rebels were crushed in 2009, during his first term as president.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Investigators are looking into the possibility he began to radicalize in the war-torn country where Islamist rebels fought against the ruling Assad regime, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

A humanitarian source said the Afar town of Erebti, near the border with Tigray, fell to the rebels on Sunday after being pounded by heavy artillery.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Our soldiers ran past them toward our fleet, anxious to escape before the rebels landed and overran them.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Baby boomers, the generation that rebelled against their parents, are moving into the same retirement communities as their octogenarian-plus moms and dads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Unlike the majority of his generational cohort, he never rebelled against the establishment that promoted it.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

One of the main reasons colonists rebelled against the crown was that they wanted more Indigenous land—they wanted to move farther west into North America, but the king was telling them no.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026

Paraguay’s national anthem starts by stating that the people of the Americas were “oppressed for three centuries” until they rebelled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

But she loved that he’d rebelled against us, or so she thought, and she thought it was something that you rebelled all over again by becoming a classical musician.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

And the red at-home nail lacquer, released by Revlon in the early 1930s, was a badge of honour for modern women rebelling against that kind of oppressive judgement.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The bond market, however, is rebelling against that premise—a selloff is sending yields higher and raising governments’ borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Still, it’s promising sign that people are rebelling against Flock cameras.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Speakers promoting AI are getting booed at universities, voters are rebelling against data centers, and even AI-friendly Trump administration officials are starting to retreat as an artificial intelligence backlash gathers pace across the United States.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

These words could not be more pointed, since I suspect several districts are rebelling right now.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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