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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
Sarah M.s. Pearsall,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
Years later, Billie keeps on rebelling – against everything.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
26 June 2026
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.
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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
Verb
The common narrative is fixated upon 1776, the 13 rebelling Colonies and the bold military actions of Founding Fathers such as George Washington.
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Sarah M.s. Pearsall,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
Years later, Billie keeps on rebelling – against everything.
—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
26 June 2026
That suggested fans were rebelling against high prices for tickets, or transportation.
—
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.
—
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
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.
Noun
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Daemon chastising Ulf and Hugh over their disobedience, sowing the seeds of their discontent.
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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.
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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He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting an officer.
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Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico.
Noun
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Williamson later ran afoul of the SSPX, which expelled him in 2012 for insubordination.
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Lugo also had filed insubordination charges against him.
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Over the past decade, the IRS has steadily narrowed the avenues through which international taxpayers can resolve past tax noncompliance without facing penalties.
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And noncompliance should be publicly reported to give companies a greater incentive to follow the rules.
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“Rebelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebelling. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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