rebellion
Example Sentences
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Crisp cookies soften into clouds of lightly sweetened cream, layered with jam or mascarpone, until the whole thing collapses just enough to make slicing with a butter knife feel like a small act of rebellion.
From Salon
The small rebellion against Johnson came after tensions emerged on healthcare talks in the chamber.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet like unhappy families, to borrow from Tolstoy, each unfinished national rebellion wanes in its own way.
In his holiday special, he treats the feast as both a love letter to its Catholic, working-class roots and a gentle rebellion against the idea that it needs to be rigid or intimidating.
From Salon
It is an astonishing show of rebellion from a player who has rightly achieved all-time great status.
From BBC
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