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rebel

[reb-uhl, ri-bel] / ˈrɛb əl, rɪˈbɛl /






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Former Maoist rebel Vishnu Madvi, 26, surrendered in January after seven years with the guerrillas.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“Monarch” swaggers forth on the strength of Kurt Russell’s rebel cowboy spirit.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

His fat cat industrialist Zsa-Zsa Korda is no underground rebel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The more you try and “contain” it with aggression, the more the crowd will try and rebel against you and respond with more aggression.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

It was just another way in which she was a rebel, refusing to conform to ideas about what black people did and didn’t do.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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