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Noun
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The revolt by a large number of Labour MPs against benefit cuts imposed by Keir Starmer is an example.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025 -
Rumors of connections between Saint Domingue and slave resistance abounded in Virginia after 1793 and shaped how whites understood Gabriel’s revolt in Richmond in 1800.—
Time,
Time,
9 June 2025
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All of these acts of insurrection reveal a nation unbowed in the face of violent oppression.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Mass deportations, the politicization of our military and the use of the military as props to create the suggestion of insurrection are classic authoritarian techniques to take over governments.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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This seemed to me to stem not from carelessness or spite but obstinacy.—
erin Khuê Ninh
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Campbell’s thirst to learn protected him from obstinacy.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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In such an environment, a large occupying army would set the stage for an insurgency whose fighters lived among the dense population like fish in the sea.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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In a similar occurrence last September, torrential rains and a dam collapse in Nigeria’s northeastern Maiduguri caused severe flooding, leaving at least 30 people dead and displacing millions, worsening the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.—
Taiwo Adebayo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Along the way, the exhausting voyage involved various mutinies and crew deaths, and upon reaching the islands of the Malayan Archipelago, Magellan’s mind and ambitions changed.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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But the mutiny underscored for Putin that the country’s current business leaders and high-level bureaucrats cannot be relied on at moments of regime crisis.—
ANDREI YAKOVLEV,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2025
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That same outbreak strain was discovered in a FreshRealm facility during routine testing of its chicken fettuccine alfredo.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
19 June 2025
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However, 2025 is shaping up to be the largest outbreak in 25 years.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Liverpool has bolstering online promotions and providing easier credit through its store card as well as launching omnichannel strategies to counter the insurgence of Chinese retail giant Shein.—
David Moin,
WWD,
4 Sep. 2024
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The Nigerian superstar further broadens his trademark fusion of amapiano and Afrobeats, establishing a new outpost in the styles’ insurgence into rap and pop.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Aug. 2024
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The letter argues that Broadway has not done enough to condemn the misbehavior of powerful people in the industry, comparing it unfavorably to other businesses.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
31 May 2025
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As well, these misbehaviors are cues to where the nominee will go if ceded the position of United States Attorney.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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