rebellion
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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
Florida fired a new broadside in a growing rebellion against alleged safety failings of artificial-intelligence chatbots, becoming the first state to file a lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“It’s not actually rebellion, what they’re doing,” said director Boots Riley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November, rumbles of rebellion swept the southern states.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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