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
The Houthis grew in power and popularity, then launched an insurgency that spiralled into a series of wars with the central government.
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Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
These are the young men with whom we will be embedded for the next viscerally immersive 90 minutes in a real-time account of a 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq, as a U.S. sniper unit negotiates a hotbed of Al Qaeda insurgency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
The deal came after government forces and allied groups crushed an insurgency launched last week by gunmen loyal to Assad.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Such a decision could see the Israeli military occupying the territory and fighting insurgencies for years.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
These are the young men with whom we will be embedded for the next viscerally immersive 90 minutes in a real-time account of a 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq, as a U.S. sniper unit negotiates a hotbed of Al Qaeda insurgency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
The deal came after government forces and allied groups crushed an insurgency launched last week by gunmen loyal to Assad.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Such a decision could see the Israeli military occupying the territory and fighting insurgencies for years.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgency
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Users have convened on 4chan to plan hacks like DDoS attacks, and conspiracy theories that festered on 4chan even reportedly inspired the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol.—
Matt Burgess,
Wired News,
15 Apr. 2025
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With military support from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s Sunni dictator Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa survived a Shiite insurrection.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Nearly a year after record heat and surging electric bills sparked a ratepayer revolt, the legislature is set to take up a bill that could cut hundreds of millions of dollars from customer rates by restructuring how the state buys energy and how customers pay for it.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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The longtime leader of the latter group, George Gresham, is said to personally support endorsing Mr. Cuomo but is facing a broader revolt within his union.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Arrested repeatedly since the height of the Egyptian uprising in 2011, he was sentenced in 2021 to an additional five years in prison for spreading false news and assaulting a police officer – charges that human rights organizations say were politically motivated.—
Mounira Elsamra,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Rather than the epic battles of good vs. evil that ground the Skywalker saga, Andor's focus is the human cost of rebellion and harsh realities of a prolonged uprising against an authoritarian regime.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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What may have seemed like a lighthearted act of rebellion struck a chord with many disillusioned job seekers, fed up with outdated hiring practices and a job market increasingly filtered through artificial intelligence.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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For years, Bitcoin stood as a symbol of rebellion—a decentralized answer to central banks, inflationary currencies, and overreaching governments.—
Max (Chong) Li,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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It has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America's Old West and as a tool of terror and political repression in the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2025
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Which brings me back to the confusion and the mutiny.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Insurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgency. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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