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
Americans rebelled against a king, then applied that same thinking to abolish slavery, then dismantle segregation.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
When she was pulled into the Upside Down and seemingly forgotten, the fanbase rebelled and #JusticeforBarb was born.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
The Arts and Crafts movement rebelled against factory drudgery and mass production.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Oct. 2025
As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family.
—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
David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
When she was pulled into the Upside Down and seemingly forgotten, the fanbase rebelled and #JusticeforBarb was born.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
The Arts and Crafts movement rebelled against factory drudgery and mass production.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Oct. 2025
As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebelled
revolted
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Users revolted against the change, citing lost AI friendships and romantic relationships with the earlier iteration of the bot.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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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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“Rebelled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebelled. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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