rebellion
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Arriving in the economic city of Douala on Friday, the Pope reiterated his message of peace after visiting the country's Anglophone region hit by a decade-long rebellion the day before.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
"Before rock and roll's rebellion, there was jazz," explains Springer.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
I didn’t experience my life as a rebellion against reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
India in the last two years stepped up its campaign against the last remnants of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired insurgency began nearly six decades ago.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Pro-French sympathies were further heightened in July by the sudden influx of 2,100 French refugees, who were fleeing a fierce slave rebellion in Santo Domingo.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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