as in rebelling
to rise up against established authority
the party's conservative faction mutinied just before the election
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Loosely inspired by real-life events, the film chronicled the tale of an undercover detective infiltraitng a coal mining community to expose a group of Irish-American miners rebelling against the mine owners.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
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Otherwise, the only alternative is rebelling against the government.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Mutinying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutinying. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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