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
Seba, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, is wanted in Benin on charges of "inciting rebellion" after supporting last year's foiled coup there.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
I didn’t experience my life as a rebellion against reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
India on Monday declared the country free of the Maoist insurgency, fulfilling a long-standing deadline to defeat the decades-long rebellion.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Yet I knew all the time, if I yielded now, I should not the less be made to repent, some day, of my former rebellion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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