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 area has been engulfed in decades-long conflict between armed ethnic groups and the Burmese authorities, who are now fighting multiple insurgencies following the 2021 military coup and its violent crackdown on opposition forces.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Ankara also recently struck a ceasefire deal to quell the decades-long insurgency waged by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from Syria and Iraq.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
And that has created optimal conditions for terrorist group Boko Haram’s violent insurgency to succeed in recruiting young men who had limited livelihood options left.
—Melissa McCracken, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
An evolving insurgency Tuesday’s kidnapping is an audacious moment for a separatist insurgency who seeks greater political autonomy and economic development in the strategically important and mineral-rich mountainous region.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Ankara also recently struck a ceasefire deal to quell the decades-long insurgency waged by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from Syria and Iraq.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
And that has created optimal conditions for terrorist group Boko Haram’s violent insurgency to succeed in recruiting young men who had limited livelihood options left.
—Melissa McCracken, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
An evolving insurgency Tuesday’s kidnapping is an audacious moment for a separatist insurgency who seeks greater political autonomy and economic development in the strategically important and mineral-rich mountainous region.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgency
Noun
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Yet the movement was deeply involved in a dramatic example of recent political violence: the January 6 insurrection, during which four people died and more than 100 police officers were injured.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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One of his first acts as president was to pardon those responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
12 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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Alaa Abd El-Fattah was a leading activist in the country’s 2011 uprising.—
Mounira Elsamra,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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The island was the site of an uprising in the late 1940s, one that was brutally suppressed by the anticommunist Korean government with the apparent support of occupying American forces; tens of thousands of people were killed.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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An article on Sunday about a small mutiny at Chautauqua Institution misidentified the writer of a letter quoted from The Gadfly.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Insurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgency. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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