as in rebellion
refusal to obey
the dog's frustrating intractability forced the family to try obedience training by a professional
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Noun
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The hit show returns with its sixth and final season on April 8, and audiences should brace for an explosive finale as the rebellion in Gilead finally ignites.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025 -
The title is borrowed from Elizabeth Alexander’s fourth collection persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies, and a sequence of ars poetica which examines the Black experience through the lens of the slave rebellion on the Amistad and nineteenth-century American art.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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And yet, the core of the brand—the audacity, the punk defiance, the challenge to authority—remains intact.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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His passing closes a chapter on one of the most notorious sagas in internet history, leaving behind a complex legacy of entrepreneurship, controversy, and defiance.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2025
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On that front, at least, Putin’s recalcitrance may turn out to be an asset.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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But those prior instances of presidential recalcitrance — just two, spread out over 248 years — were narrow.—
Mattathias Schwartz,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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From today’s extended look, director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have delivered something that’s akin to a Top Gun with lots of riveting, cut-the-corner race scenes that outstrip those of James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari (no disrespect) and bromance camaraderie.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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