rebellion
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A hotbed of feminist rebellion, its corset-shattering, myth-busting history encompasses a journey of emancipation, imagination, and healthy disdain for patriarchal expectations.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
After her departure from the cabinet in November 2024, Haigh maintained a high profile on the backbenches, playing a key role in orchestrating the Labour rebellion against proposed welfare cuts last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Stones don’t often wade into politics, and even when they do they often manage to evoke a timeless spirit: “Street Fighting Man” is a yawp of youthful rebellion, and it works for any era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It has freezer jam, bright and almost indecently cheerful, a small rebellion against the end of fruit season.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 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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Likewise, the end of slavery was not solely brought about by the Civil War in the U.S., but also by centuries of resistance through rebellions, wars, sabotage and self-emancipation, across the entire Americas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
After no rebellions took place, the judicial system put on the brakes, the public turned against Palmer and the scare went dormant.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Suriname, on the north coast of South America, has been plagued by rebellions and coups since independence in 1975.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The first national railroad workers’ strike in 1877 was the beginning of industrial-era struggles between labor and capital, as Army and National Guard forces suppressed worker rebellions along rail lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
When I was young, Metias was sometimes called away to deal with minor rebellions, and afterward he’d tell me about them.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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