rebel
Example Sentences
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Sylvia has rebelled with her own version of their mother’s apple cake.
Many Americans in this 250th year of independence will look back proudly on those colonials who rebelled against British taxation by dumping tea in Boston Harbor.
The 90-year-old has lived in exile from his Tibetan homeland since 1959 and is condemned as a rebel and separatist by Beijing.
From BBC
Finally, deep in the woods, at an agreed-upon spot, he meets a rebel leader, an ally of his own king.
From Literature
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I shudder at the way he says that word, gusanos, as if he knows that Papá has said nasty things about him and the rebels.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.