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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
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Male guardians of this ideological camp circulated defamatory letters from prison, denouncing me for unveiling and rebelling against mandatory veiling.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
These fears lead them to rebelling against the technology overall.
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Staff Author,
Parents,
7 June 2026
The teenagers were rebelling, like teenagers are supposed to.
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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.
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Frannie Comstock,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Jumping, rebelling, expelling, reacting, acting.
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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.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
Verb
That suggested fans were rebelling against high prices for tickets, or transportation.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Male guardians of this ideological camp circulated defamatory letters from prison, denouncing me for unveiling and rebelling against mandatory veiling.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebelling
Noun
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The Battle of the Alamo was one of the most monumental conflicts of the Texas Revolution, a rebellion that ended in Texas becoming independent from Mexico and establishing itself as a republic for nearly a decade before US statehood.
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In the press release for the album, you were quoted using the word rebellion when talking about rock and roll.
Verb
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The emotional circuit that my favorite songs lit up inside me was too vivid; music felt overwhelming, if not revolting.
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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.
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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.
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There is zero tolerance for political disobedience.
Verb
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Playing an American in a production staffed by Australians, Brits, a Chilean director and a Hispanic DP, her brain kept mutinying.
Noun
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Marji’s rebelliousness, both admirable and terrifying for those who love her, is her salient characteristic.
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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.
Verb
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These stunning, resilient shrub roses are bred to thrive in heat and humidity, resisting related diseases.
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He was arrested for arson, resisting/delaying/obstructing firefighters, and parole hold.
Noun
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King fired Saulter from the sheriff’s department in May of this year over accusations of insubordination.
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Among the grounds listed are fraud, embezzlement, theft, misappropriation of district resources, breach of fiduciary duty, neglect of duties, criminal convictions, violations of law, policy violations, dishonesty, insubordination and failure to perform contractual obligations.
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The findings point to possible noncompliance, underreporting and racial disparities.
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The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency finds Iran in noncompliance with its nuclear obligations.
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“Rebelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebelling. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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