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Peng began as a commander in the China-backed Burmese Communist Party, but he mutinied in 1989 as Chinese support stopped, breaking the Burmese Communist Party up into several armed insurgent groups.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

There was further controversy last year when members of the Spanish women's team mutinied against their coach Jorge Vilda.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

A few years after the showdown at Worms, unpaid troops in the Habsburg Emperor’s army mutinied, then sacked Rome and the Vatican.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2023

In 326 BCE, his exhausted troops mutinied and refused to advance to the Ganges River in central India as Alexander desired.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

At the end of October, German naval crews mutinied, and within a week, revolutionary outbreaks had spread to every big German city.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman