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The proposals infuriated members of the Freedom Caucus, many of whom had engaged in those kind of rebellious actions over the past two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025 -
With a rebellious edge, the cocktail is yet another offering in the non-to-low alcohol space from an established brand that is changing how consumers look at a rapidly expanding space.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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At any point, a willingness to be both selfish and disobedient would have saved her.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
25 Sep. 2024
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In this view, disobedient journalists, scientific experts, officials, and judges are the enemy.—
Pippa Norris,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2021
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Over the next decade the Leon family expanded and the kids moved out and away, yet food continued to anchor them in their many boisterous reunions.—
Elyse Inamine,
Bon Appétit,
17 Jan. 2025
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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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For those who know Celine, two things repeatedly come to mind: her irrepressible smile and her incorrigible fight.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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And yet, despite Nosferatu’s irrepressible gloom, there’s something undeniably … cozy about Eggers’s 19th-century Central Europe.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Dec. 2024
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Insomnia is a mark of the insubordinate imagination.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Joey attempts to help Monica gain respect among the insubordinate kitchen staff at her new job, and things don't go well for Rachel when Chandler sets her up on a bad date with a colleague.—
Eric Todisco,
People.com,
15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern and Jackie Earle Haley co-star as Dave’s rowdy buddies.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The goal gave the Penguins a 5-2 lead and set off a rowdy celebration.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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But instead of the rambunctious middle schooler matchmaker older fans might remember, this Covey is focused on her own love story.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
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Reese Aries are rambunctious and full of life, which are words that perfectly describe Reese, the second born to the family.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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The eye-catching jacket—with an assist from the leopard print bag—gave Moss’s ladylike outfit a naughty edge.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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The naughty version pours sugar into your gas tank and rats you out to the IRS.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Indocile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indocile. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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