freedom fighter
noun
: a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment
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His latest mission: team up with freedom fighter Drea (Kurylenko) to recover the Mona Lisa before an unhinged warlord gets there first.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 May 2024
Where to stay Built in the early 1900s, restored B&B Lal Bari formerly served as a meeting place for freedom fighters and was even visited by Indira Gandhi.
—Diya Kohli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024
For many Western viewers, their first exposure to the Ramayana’s influence was the Oscar-winning, crossover Tollywood hit RRR, whose climax transformed real-world freedom fighters Alluri Sitaram Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) into avatars for Ram and Hanuman respectively.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
But Paul, deemed a potential messiah by a group of freedom fighters called the Fremen, wrestles with the consequences of trying to lead people who believe in him.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
Daniel Kaluuya also joins the cast as Hobie Brown, a mohawk-clad, guitar-carrying freedom fighter who goes by Spider-Punk.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 May 2023
The song unfurls as an homage to an unlikely Mexican antihero turned freedom fighter, inspired by a television hit series from the 1950s.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
The daughter of an Indian aviator and daredevil freedom fighter, Ms. Mehta spent years moving between three continents, living in New Delhi, London and New York with her husband, one of the most renowned editors in English-language literature.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
The freedom fighters in Ukraine have received significant support from the United States, as well as our European and NATO allies.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 May 2024
Where to stay Built in the early 1900s, restored B&B Lal Bari formerly served as a meeting place for freedom fighters and was even visited by Indira Gandhi.
—Diya Kohli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2024
For many Western viewers, their first exposure to the Ramayana’s influence was the Oscar-winning, crossover Tollywood hit RRR, whose climax transformed real-world freedom fighters Alluri Sitaram Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) into avatars for Ram and Hanuman respectively.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
But Paul, deemed a potential messiah by a group of freedom fighters called the Fremen, wrestles with the consequences of trying to lead people who believe in him.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
Daniel Kaluuya also joins the cast as Hobie Brown, a mohawk-clad, guitar-carrying freedom fighter who goes by Spider-Punk.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 May 2023
The song unfurls as an homage to an unlikely Mexican antihero turned freedom fighter, inspired by a television hit series from the 1950s.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
The daughter of an Indian aviator and daredevil freedom fighter, Ms. Mehta spent years moving between three continents, living in New Delhi, London and New York with her husband, one of the most renowned editors in English-language literature.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
The freedom fighters in Ukraine have received significant support from the United States, as well as our European and NATO allies.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
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