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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resistants
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Ocasio-Cortez, who may be eyeing a House leadership role or Senate bid, has stayed out of key New York City-area House races, unlike Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Sanders, who are backing insurgents trying to oust incumbents.
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Two very different—and very close—insurgents Warshaw’s path to this race runs through the places where New York’s biggest problems actually live.
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That's partly because eastern Congo is also battling ongoing violence from rebels.
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That’s partly because eastern Congo is also battling ongoing violence from rebels.
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Patrick Hoopes, the 2025 World bronze medalist on pommel horse, added to his medal tally, winning gold over Canadian and Colombian challengers.
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The mayor has used his political capital instead to back challengers who, by definition, can deliver less federal funding.
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Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
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Both then and now, targeting revolutionaries like Dessalines has supported that goal.
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Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
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The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
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“Resistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resistants. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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