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How to Pronounce “rebel”

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Stress changes the meaning. “rebel” is one of the English noun/verb pairs distinguished only by stress. REB-el, with the stress on the first syllable, is the noun — someone who resists authority. re-BEL, with the stress on the second, is the verb — to resist authority.

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