as in revolted
to rise up against established authority
the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses
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Recent Examples of rebelled
As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Redford rebelled against his father’s cautiousness and indeed against all expectations, even after the family moved to the more upscale Van Nuys.
—Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Ali—or Richard Durham channeling Ali—would write just months after the fight that some part of him had always rebelled against the primal allure of his sport.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump then walked back that threat after markets rebelled, and instead began critiquing Powell’s management of the Federal Reserve more widely—recently targeting its office renovations.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Jordan, now a teen-ager, lives with his mother in Phoenix and has rebelled by becoming a punk rocker.
—Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Estelle also noticed that her peers from church and her neighborhood rebelled against social expectations in striking ways.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
This imperative is shaped by a long history dating back to the 18th century when the first Saudi state was established in the mid-18th century after MbS’ ancestors rebelled against Erdogan’s Ottoman forebearers.
—Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And Leo’s embrace of Francis’ progressive views, including his embrace of immigrants, will surely agitate the conservative American Catholics who rebelled against Francis.
—Mike Burbach, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Redford rebelled against his father’s cautiousness and indeed against all expectations, even after the family moved to the more upscale Van Nuys.
—Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Ali—or Richard Durham channeling Ali—would write just months after the fight that some part of him had always rebelled against the primal allure of his sport.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump then walked back that threat after markets rebelled, and instead began critiquing Powell’s management of the Federal Reserve more widely—recently targeting its office renovations.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Jordan, now a teen-ager, lives with his mother in Phoenix and has rebelled by becoming a punk rocker.
—Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Estelle also noticed that her peers from church and her neighborhood rebelled against social expectations in striking ways.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
This imperative is shaped by a long history dating back to the 18th century when the first Saudi state was established in the mid-18th century after MbS’ ancestors rebelled against Erdogan’s Ottoman forebearers.
—Kamran Bokhari, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And Leo’s embrace of Francis’ progressive views, including his embrace of immigrants, will surely agitate the conservative American Catholics who rebelled against Francis.
—Mike Burbach, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebelled
revolted
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Over their many months of incarceration, the Cuban refugees organized and revolted, in some instances breaking out of their detention camps.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Several professional medical societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, have revolted against the government, and last month published immunization guidelines that diverge from the current CDC’s.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Rebelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebelled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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