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Soon, this kind of spirit will carry the 13 colonies to protest, revolt and win the American Revolution.
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The rebellion was the first major popular revolt in England’s North American colonies and reflected tensions over frontier settlement, relations with Native Americans, political authority, and access to land.
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From top to bottom, this administration embodies the perversity, ignorance and belligerence of its leader.
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His shrieking reactions to his wife’s savagery throw into relief his good nature and her perversity.
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Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led the insurrection after weeks of widespread national protests.
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Penn, known for his strong political convictions, previously attended a public hearing of the House select committee investigating the deadly 2021 insurrection.
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Archie’s stubbornness is a reflex to his worldview being attacked without first acknowledging his experience.
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There was also Tortorella’s stubbornness in sticking with goalie Carter Hart, who set the wrong type of records in the Stanley Cup Final.
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Starmer’s realism—or obstinacy, depending on your point of view—had seen off an immediate challenge.
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The natural obstinacy and rebelliousness of Israa’s teenage years are hyperaccelerated by culture clashes with both her family and the other kids around her.
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The violence follows a mass abduction in the same region, part of a wider insurgency and kidnapping crisis that has killed thousands.
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Peasant growers’ resistance to these operations fueled the Shining Path insurgency by providing recruits and creating an opening for the guerrillas to interpose themselves between the farmers and the police.
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The seeds of mutiny are detectable.
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Within six months, Richards’ side of the group staged a mutiny, locked Diekmann in his apartment, and forced him to relinquish control.
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After the outbreak of war, the Iranian team was forced to move its base camp from Tucson to Tijuana.
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That decrease continued into 2026, as young cattle imports from Mexico collapsed by more than 80% due to the screwworm outbreak.
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“Mutinousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutinousness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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