insubordinates

Definition of insubordinatesnext
plural of insubordinate

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Noun
  • Roy, the deputy state attorney general and the most well-funded of three challengers in the June 2 city primary election, recently told the city attorney’s union that the city’s lawyers should only have to show up at the office two days a month, not counting court appearances.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Trump stayed for his side's argument and then walked out shortly after the challengers began making theirs.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To Alfredo De Avila, of the Oakland Center for Third World Organizing, the UFW’s claims that Communist insurgents are plotting against Chavez and his union highlight how far the UFW has fallen.
    Marcos Breton, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Bakri is more brittle in Farah Nabulsi’s The Teacher as Basem, a Palestinian teacher in the West Bank whose support for insurgents grows after his own son dies in prison and as Israeli settlers brutalize his neighborhood.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Conflict has broken out in the country since 2013 after mostly Muslim rebels seized power and forced then President François Bozizé to quit.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The mixed movements followed a whirlwind of action in the war over the weekend, including an entry into the fighting by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
    Stan Choe, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Trump started his second presidency by pardoning the insurrectionists who’d wanted to unlawfully extend his first.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
  • People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Insubordinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insubordinates. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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