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 on the Web Its military and intelligence services were staffed by many who participated in the Jewish insurgency against the entity known as Mandatory Palestine, the British-run territory designated by the League of Nations in the aftermath of World War II. David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024 And in 1992, his forces arrested the leader of Shining Path, helping halt that insurgency. Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024 Violence has spiraled in West Africa’s central Sahel region since the insurgencies took root in Mali and spread into neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger, killing thousands of people and displacing millions more. Reuters, CNN, 3 July 2024 But the insurgency in the occupied West Bank has remained broadly the same since the second intifada, or uprising, in the early 2000s — a period that claimed thousands of lives. Matt Bradley, NBC News, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for insurgency 
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Noun
  • Cheney was just one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president in 2021 following the insurrection.
    Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
  • So far, Trump has declined to commit to the peaceful transfer of power, after having falsely claimed that his 2020 loss was the result of a rigged election, a claim that helped encourage the 2021 insurrection.
    Fatima Hussein, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2024
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  • Key Background Harris became the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, amid an intraparty revolt in the wake of his debate performance—shifting Democrats’ fortunes dramatically.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The distribution of income tilted sharply against labor, which arguably helped to spark a populist political revolt.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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  • If not for the uprising of the Osage Indian tribe, the expedition would have rivaled that of Lewis and Clark.
    Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Ortega, who had been in office for more than a decade, was facing a popular uprising, and the goal was to persuade him to leave the country.
    Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • Knight, a Mississippi farmer and Confederate deserter, led a rebellion against the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In June 1685, Avis Molland – by now widowed – emerges in court records as an informant about a potential revolt, at a time when the Duke of Monmouth was attempting a rebellion against the king.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • The explosive interview, in which Razek also said there was no public interest in a plus-size Victoria’s Secret catwalk, sparked public outrage and model mutiny, with Kendall Jenner, Lily Aldrige and Karlie Kloss reportedly writing Instagram story posts in support of the trans community.
    Tara John, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In the immediate aftermath of both the Kursk incursion and Prigozhin’s mutiny, Russian state television, used to being directed from above, was left to flounder.
    Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024

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