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as in rebellions
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
a great rising of the people was all it took to bring down a regime that imagined that it would endure for a thousand years
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as in ascents
the act or an instance of rising or climbing up
the rising of the sun
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Most Southern states soon followed with anti-literacy laws of their own between 1740 and 1834, in the hopes of preventing any further slave rebellions.
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Rhaenyra is suddenly dealing with internal criticism, possible rebellions, subjects spray-painting nasty stuff on the walls and self-doubt.
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The route includes some short ascents and descents and takes place on a variety of paths, including pavement, loose gravel, and forest trails.
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Videos of climbers waiting in long queues in an area known as the death zone – where the air is too thin to breathe unaided for long – on their way to the summit have once again made headlines, alongside record-breaking ascents from both Nepali and foreign climbers.
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Starmer also has angered supporters with attempts to cut welfare spending, some of which were reversed after Labour revolts.
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Then came revolts and revolutions in Ireland, the Swiss cantons, the Rhineland, the Netherlands, the Italian states, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Regardless, Higgins, who runs a security firm, said unauthorized climbs pose immediate safety risks to both the climbers and people below if someone falls.
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The first true mountain test of this year’s race and the only day to feature some classic Pyrenean climbs.
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There were rebellions, insurrections and an Appian Way lined with crucifixions.
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But the regime, besieged by insurrections across the country, abandoned Manbij.
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Monterey, California Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Experience the magic of the world’s largest air-balloon festival when more than 500 balloons, from sunrise ascensions to glowing night balloons, lift off from Balloon Fiesta Park in October.
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The fiesta features morning mass ascensions, afterglow balloons and lively entertainment.
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Secessionist uprisings in the provinces like Tatarstan or Bashkortistan or Chechnya.
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In the late sixteenth century, the Spanish Hapsburgs, the Catholic dynasty that ruled the Netherlands, sent in an army to crush a series of Calvinist uprisings.
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That mobility occasionally allowed for communication and coordination during mutinies.
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This includes leader assassination attempts by political opponents or lone wolves or mutinies by disgruntled soldiers who might even march on the presidential palace to demand higher pay, promotions or other policy concessions.
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