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to rise up against established authority
the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses
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Recent Examples of rebelling
Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
These fears lead them to rebelling against the technology overall.
—Staff Author, Parents, 7 June 2026
The teenagers were rebelling, like teenagers are supposed to.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
After rebelling against the authority of the Jade Emperor (the supreme deity in traditional Chinese cosmology), he is subdued by the Buddha and imprisoned beneath the Five Elements Mountain.
—Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Jumping, rebelling, expelling, reacting, acting.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
Embracing a visual vocabulary of the lowbrow and the rudimentary is a tried-and-true method of rebelling against a culture that feels vapid or corporatized.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
Two decades after Steve Jobs premiered the iPhone, a small but passionate movement — with offshoots in several countries — is rebelling against the omnipresent screen.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Republicans themselves remain divided over how to proceed, with some hard-right lawmakers already rebelling against the shutdown deal.
—Nik Popli, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
The musical, which features a rock score, is based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, which follows a group of teenagers in 19th-century Germany who are discovering their sexuality and rebelling against the strict rules set by their parents.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
These fears lead them to rebelling against the technology overall.
—Staff Author, Parents, 7 June 2026
The teenagers were rebelling, like teenagers are supposed to.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
After rebelling against the authority of the Jade Emperor (the supreme deity in traditional Chinese cosmology), he is subdued by the Buddha and imprisoned beneath the Five Elements Mountain.
—Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Jumping, rebelling, expelling, reacting, acting.
—Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
Embracing a visual vocabulary of the lowbrow and the rudimentary is a tried-and-true method of rebelling against a culture that feels vapid or corporatized.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
Two decades after Steve Jobs premiered the iPhone, a small but passionate movement — with offshoots in several countries — is rebelling against the omnipresent screen.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Republicans themselves remain divided over how to proceed, with some hard-right lawmakers already rebelling against the shutdown deal.
—Nik Popli, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebelling
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View gallery - 5 images There's a rebellion underway against the always-on, infinitely-scrollable nature of the smartphone.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 June 2026
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Within weeks, the new hypernationalist government mounted an effort to suppress the Russian language in the Donbas, provoking a rebellion among ethnically Russian Ukrainians.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Whether the effort to stabilize things by Ellison and Bilton is enough to keep viewers engaged and staff from revolting remains to be seen.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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Local residents are revolting against a $100 billion Utah data center project backed by Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary that would use more electricity than the entire state does in a year.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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The Catholic Church teaches that all other people are conceived with original sin as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden.—
Bridget Retzloff,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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There is zero tolerance for political disobedience.—
Daniel Drake,
The New York Review of Books,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Victor Rivas, 40, sustained injuries to his arms and was treated at a hospital before he was booked into jail on allegations of driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and being a fugitive from adjacent Jefferson Parish, Louisiana State Police said.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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Appleberry also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting or obstructing a peace officer or emergency medical technician and battery, as well as allegations stemming from a 2023 assault case involving a weapon.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
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The pseudo-goth hair and costume choices speak to an inner rebelliousness that isn’t so much unleashed as forced loose by a system that values the appearance of a mythical impartiality over her humanity, leaving her with little recourse but to step outside the confines of the law.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
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The suit alleges she was informed the officer resisted calls to attend remedial training going so far as to tell his fellow officers that Internal Affairs could open up an insubordination case on him.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Assistant Superintendent Tony Poole is also leaving the district after he was suspended in February for alleged insubordination.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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The latter might be initiated if a research institute is receiving large amounts of HHS funding to conduct studies with thousands or tens of thousands of participants but has reported very few instances of noncompliance.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
5 June 2026
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Peace officers can issue a notice of autonomous vehicle noncompliance for a vehicle code violation or local traffic ordinance violation when autonomous technology is engaged.—
David Roberts,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Somewhere between the airport and the hotel, your gut stages a revolt.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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Reports of a Republican congressional revolt — like Mark Twain once famously said of a false newspaper report of his death — are greatly exaggerated.—
Carl P. Leubsdorf,
Twin Cities,
10 June 2026
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“Rebelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebelling. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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