insubordinates

noun

plural of insubordinate
as in challengers

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  1. challengers
  2. insurgents
  3. rebels
  4. insurrectionists
Noun
  • With no party likely to win a majority, Netanyahu’s Likud and its far-right, ultra-Orthodox allies face centrist and left-wing challengers competing to assemble a governing coalition.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Newton, Valdosta and Heard County defended their high rankings with victories over Top 10 challengers last week.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of challengers
Noun
  • Gavroche and the insurgents of 1832—the wretched who became rioters—were ready to die defending a particular vision of the republic against the July Monarchy and the usurper Louis-Philippe.
    — Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ethiopia also accuses Eritrea of supporting insurgents and occupying Ethiopian territory, allegations the AP could not independently verify.
    — KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • Ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, however, still face attacks from Iran, while the Bab el-Mandeb Strait near Yemen has been threatened by the Houthi rebels.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The war next door United Nations experts have documented Rwandan military support for M23 rebels, which have seized territory in eastern DRC.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionists
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