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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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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

George Washington and the Continental Congress hoped to sever French-speaking eastern Quebec from the rest of British Canada and bring it into the war as a 14th rebel colony.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Two days later, when the rebel army of tiny soldiers had passed through Kilanga and we could go home again, that is exactly how we found our hens.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The advance gives the Yemeni rebels effective control of one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints after a rapid offensive.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The rebels, who have been attacking Saudi oil tankers, are trying to tighten their squeeze on the shipments, analysts say -- a lifeline for exports after Iran's blockade of Hormuz.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

On Wednesday, the rebels reported more than 40 Saudi reprisal strikes.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

U.S. oil prices reached their highest levels since the beginning of June on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia announced that a wave of attacks by Houthi rebels hit oil facilities.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

This day, the rebels again changed guard full in sight of our fleet, as if to mock us for our inactivity; they paraded with their hats hung on their bayonets.

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

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

Haiti became the first independent black nation in the Americas in 1804, after enslaved people rebelled against their French masters in what was then the colony of Saint-Domingue.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

A sector that once rebelled against Beijing has grown into a critical tool for working around sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Everything in him rebelled against stopping the engine and falling now.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

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

"I'm playing Caesar in the first film, leading the apes to freedom and rebelling and breaking out of the facility," he recalls.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

I had moved from the role of a gadfly within the organization to one of the powers that I had been rebelling against.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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