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Recent Examples of counterinsurgency
Both men were leaders of a counterinsurgency against an uprising in the region, a conflict that in 2005 led to the longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir becoming the world’s first sitting leader to be indicted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of genocide.
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Sara Monetta, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
As political violence escalated, public support for the military to take the lead in counterinsurgency grew.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
But establishment counterinsurgency campaigns are not necessarily successful.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Over the past few decades, a counterinsurgency has taken root in America, pushing back against factory farms and overprocessed food: a recognition that the journey from farm to table is usually industrialized and impersonal.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 June 2025
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Sara Monetta, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
As political violence escalated, public support for the military to take the lead in counterinsurgency grew.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
But establishment counterinsurgency campaigns are not necessarily successful.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Over the past few decades, a counterinsurgency has taken root in America, pushing back against factory farms and overprocessed food: a recognition that the journey from farm to table is usually industrialized and impersonal.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterinsurgency
counterrevolution
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As part of this textualist counterrevolution, the Court has invented new rules and discarded old ones to second-guess legislative choices.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, a conservative counterrevolution began reclaiming jeans for themselves.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
22 Aug. 2025
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