rebellion
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Puritanism, by contrast, was born in rebellion against the Church of England and the “divine right” claimed by the king.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In an essay on his own website in January, Amodei suggested that training of AI systems with science-fiction narratives of AI rebellion could, for instance, end up causing real AIs to rebel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
There is normal teenage rebellion, and there is radicalization, and sometimes it’s really hard to distinguish between the two, Dehghani said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Sometimes from sheer rebellion we ate grass, although it always resulted in stomach cramps and violent retching.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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