insurrectionist

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Recent Examples of insurrectionist But, first, one of the January 6th insurrectionists, emboldened by his pardon from the President, is now campaigning for reparations. Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025 Kinzinger goes on to say that when the insurrectionist is one of their own, the rules are different. Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025 Fragoso asked of the insurrectionists. EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrectionist
Noun
  • Alcalá has pleaded guilty to collaborating with Colombia’s FARC rebels.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The rebels also cited the need to take out the massive scam operations as justification for their offensive – which analysts say China likely greenlit.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jahmai Jones’ two-run single in the top of the fifth proved the difference, punching Detroit’s ticket to the playoffs and ensuring the Tigers would go into Game 162 with a chance to claw back the AL Central title from the insurgent Cleveland Guardians on the final day of the regular season.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Labels matter Security analysts say the situation in Haiti continues to defy clear international legal characterization and the choice of labels – crisis, armed conflict, gangs, terrorist groups, armed groups, criminal groups, insurgents – carries significant legal and humanitarian implications.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet through Bob, Anderson finds his way into this story in a way that feels self-reflective and in conversation with a whole generation of coulda been revolutionaries.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Assata Shakur, the Black revolutionary and godmother to Tupac Shakur, has died, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported last Friday, September 26.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Insurrectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrectionist. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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