as in insurrection
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
there always seems to be insurgency of some type in that troubled country
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Recent Examples of insurgency
Kate Okorie Forced out by insurgency In 2014, the same year that the abduction of nearly 300 girls from a school in Chibok in northern Nigeria grabbed international headlines, Mary Musa and her family were displaced from their community in Borno state by the Boko Haram militant group.
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Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Over the next decade and a half, Landon served as Qaboos’s aide-de-camp, helping the sultan defeat the Communist insurgency then build one of the Middle East’s strongest military forces.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
Alberto Fujimori, the once popular Peruvian president credited with rescuing his country from economic chaos and leftist insurgency but who was later disgraced and sentenced to prison on charges of human rights abuses, has died.
—Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Campaigning for the creation of Khalistan has long been outlawed in India, where painful memories of a deadly insurgency by some Sikh separatists continue to haunt many.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Over the next decade and a half, Landon served as Qaboos’s aide-de-camp, helping the sultan defeat the Communist insurgency then build one of the Middle East’s strongest military forces.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
Alberto Fujimori, the once popular Peruvian president credited with rescuing his country from economic chaos and leftist insurgency but who was later disgraced and sentenced to prison on charges of human rights abuses, has died.
—Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Campaigning for the creation of Khalistan has long been outlawed in India, where painful memories of a deadly insurgency by some Sikh separatists continue to haunt many.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgency
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Witches on TikTok and Instagram similarly hexed Trump and his supporters in the wake of the January 6, 2021 insurrection.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The current Republican nominee did not accept acknowledge that Biden would take over until less than two weeks from the inauguration and after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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McDonald’s has faced a customer revolt over pricey Big Macs, an unsolicited cameo in election-season crossfire, and now an E. coli outbreak — just as the company had been luring customers back with more affordable burgers.Rob Wile, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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This avoids an internal revolt but leaves him needing a best-case election result to avoid former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's nightmare from two years ago.Juliegrace Brufke, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
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Women were the main force turning this protest into an uprising.Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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In 2011, after the Arab Spring uprisings, Lebanese authorities, eager to weaken Hezbollah, began shutting down the organization’s captagon factories.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Part Two will show the price of pushing back against the status quo, as well as the hopes that can spring from rebellion.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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At the county level, Donald Trump’s victory doesn’t look like a rebellion against the cities and suburbs.Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 26 Nov. 2024
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In the past, this would have sparked mutiny in Brazil, but those France and Spain knockout ties have shifted public opinion.Jack Lang, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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The man has spent the entire season walking up to the edge of mutiny only to retreat.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Insurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgency. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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