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rebellion

[ri-bel-yuhn] / rɪˈbɛl yən /


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She’d drawn hundreds of thousands of social media followers for sharing her story of getting married at 18, a rebellion against the “rise of radical individualism,” as she put it on Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In the mural “Troubled Island,” Noni Olabisi chronicles the Haitian struggle for independence, including how suffering under French colonists led to the 1791 slave rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Plus, nicotine pouches are a buzzy item in Trump’s world, and the anti-AI rebellion is gaining momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Not working hard and not caring—even theft—were subtle types of rebellion, the only ways for enslaved people to fight back.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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