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Still, Adams failed to outright ask the most important questions: Were Canadians ever willing to join the rebellious Thirteen Colonies?—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025 -
Libra: Marge Simpson from The Simpsons Only a Libra mother could calmly and miraculously put up with the shenanigans that her three rebellious children cause.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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Quinn’s group provides training for schools throughout Rhode Island and beyond, aimed at helping teachers understand how the brain functions in people with autism and offering strategies on how to effectively respond to behavior challenges that could easily be labeled disobedient or disorderly.—
Sarah Butrymowicz,
USA TODAY,
10 Apr. 2024
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Fed Up in Illinois Dear Fed Up: Is Edie mean, arrogant, disobedient and rude in the presence of her parents, or has she been invited to spend time with your girls separately?—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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The ‘Turkey Brothers’ steal the encore with a boisterous jam As fans begged for an encore to an empty stage, an unlikely guest took center stage.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Visitors any other day of the week will be surprised to learn that come Friday, The Blue Coconut transforms into one of the weekly Filthy Friday bar crawl stops, a wild island-hopping party that draws backpackers to some of the islands' most boisterous bars and clubs.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
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Quadruple hopes end, Barcelona irrepressible Aitana Bonmati exclusive: Barcelona’s Ballon d’Or winner tells it like it is Betting/odds links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Julia Ranney,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Warden Martin is happy enough to let Elsbeth’s irrepressible curiosity and inclination to investigate burble along, while an outside team conducts their own investigation.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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Instead, over-centralization has produced the opposite effect, fragmenting the bureaucracy, encouraging bureaucrats to pursue their own interests, and enabling regional elites to become increasingly insubordinate—with Ramzan Kadyrov, Putin’s strongman in Chechnya, being the prime example.—
Alexander J. Motyl,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Jan. 2016
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The slogan put the audience in the shoes of a casually bigoted, insubordinate alcoholic who bends the NYPD’s rules in pursuit of drug runners.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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The party got rowdy and a few other guests complained, so the group moved to a nearby beach, drinking beers in the sand and contemplating a midnight swim.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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Cancun often conjures up images of rowdy spring breakers and crowded beaches, but there's none of that here.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Oilers valued Kapanen’s rambunctious style and relentless pursuit of the puck, and that paid off handsomely on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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While de Cleyre could often be found speaking in front of city hall, Max, Cohen and their colleagues were more likely to gather at the corner of Fifth and South streets, the hub of Philadelphia’s Yiddish press and its culture of rambunctious street debate.—
Geoffrey Baym,
The Conversation,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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They are seen flinging a pizza box into their bucolic yard, smearing their faces with paint, raising their middle fingers, and saying naughty words.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article There’s nice Torrey Pines and naughty Torrey Pines.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Indocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indocile. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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