as in insurrection
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
there always seems to be insurgency of some type in that troubled country
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Recent Examples of insurgency
Meanwhile, an insurgency in the central Oromia region is emblematic of the febrile security situation in part of the country that could undermine Safaricom’s push to extend the network of masts needed to broaden coverage.
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Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
When all is said and done, Netanyahu is plunging Israel into a war of attrition with an insurgency that has shown no signs of submitting to Israel’s maximalist objectives.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Roughly a decade before AAF launched, Jones, Miller and Vought were congressional staffers aligned with DeMint and other right-wing lawmakers in an insurgency against the Republican establishment.
—USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Cabo Delgado has large offshore natural gas reserves, and the insurgency caused the suspension of a $20 billion extraction project by French company TotalEnergies in 2021.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
When all is said and done, Netanyahu is plunging Israel into a war of attrition with an insurgency that has shown no signs of submitting to Israel’s maximalist objectives.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Roughly a decade before AAF launched, Jones, Miller and Vought were congressional staffers aligned with DeMint and other right-wing lawmakers in an insurgency against the Republican establishment.
—USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Cabo Delgado has large offshore natural gas reserves, and the insurgency caused the suspension of a $20 billion extraction project by French company TotalEnergies in 2021.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgency
Noun
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Five people died and 140 police officers were injured before the insurrection was quelled.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cracker Barrel was in the early stages of a major turnaround plan before its new logo and restaurant remodels ran into a right-wing revolt.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The British eventually adopted harsh measures to end the revolt.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Budapest, after the uprising against the Communist regime, Andor — raised by his mother with idealized tales of his dead father — has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true father.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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While Fonseca frames the uprising as a type of emergent phenomenon in his post and a YouTube video, examination of the source code by AI researcher Simon Willison shows that Fonseca specifically instructed the villagers to behave this way and even escalate the unrest over time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kirk's assassination is the most high-profile example yet of what extremism researchers at the NCRI see as an increasingly dangerous normalization of political violence—often masked as satire, rebellion, or dark humor online.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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One accommodation, the Rebel Suite, takes its design cues from the sea rebellions of Islay, full of nautical references, striking patterns, and bold green and blue hues.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vance is fresh off a stay in the English countryside, where the staff of popular pub The Bull in Charlbury allegedly threatened a mutiny if they were forced to serve the staunch conservative.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
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So no red eyes, no space mutinies — just words, structured to be helpful.—
Chris Reed,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
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“Insurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgency. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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