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Adjective
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Her brand at the time was something like the Obama of the antipodes: a liberal media darling, icon of the global anti-Trump resistance, transitioning smoothly from lofty oratory to easygoing relatability.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025 -
The theater community is a liberal one, and many winners used their time on stage to criticize the Trump administration.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Boyd credited catcher Carson Kelly for recognizing the Nationals’ approach and adapted to their aggressiveness, which allowed the lefty to get early-count outs and pitch deep into the game.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The lefty also retired 17 straight after a case of interference – a fan got in Aaron Judge’s way on a foul ball down the right field line – ended the sixth inning.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Hugo returned to a hero’s welcome, and to the establishment of the Third Republic, which lionized him until it, too, was at last destroyed by the same forces of reactionary authoritarianism, in new uniforms, in 1940.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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While the reactionary right offered the most frothing anti-gay rhetoric, much of the anti-gay policymaking happened under a Democrat, Bill Clinton.—
Lucas Schaefer
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
Noun
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There were complaints that the adaptation by George Clooney and Grant Heslov was basically a reproduction of the 2005 film, which chronicled CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s heroic crusade against Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communist witch hunts.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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In a very short period of time, Trump had decided to go back in time to roughly 100 years ago when Europe meant nothing to us other than rapacious capitalists and communists all out to get us and drag us in to their nefarious ways.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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And maybe that sentiment contributed to the election of Bill de Blasio, who did run explicitly on being the most progressive candidate in the crowded 2013 primary.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Having said that, there is scope to be more expansive with his varied passing range; around 8.5 per cent of Todibo’s passes last season were progressive — just 11 top-flight centre-backs look forward with their passes less often.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Noun
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So much for the economists, socialists and politicians.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Democrats have taken to using the f-word more and are looking for leadership, once again, in an 83-year-old socialist, Bernie Sanders, joined this time by a 35-year-old socialist sidekick, in the person of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.—
The Editors,
National Review,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Kushner founded the Abraham Accords Peace Institute shortly after, which has since been absorbed by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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Indeed, one prominent conservative thinker has noted that the government spends more per person on the Medicaid expansion population than on premium tax credits for the lowest-income enrollees.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2025
Noun
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The shade Alive is a vibrant rosy pink that woke up my whole face.—
The Glamour editors,
Glamour,
12 June 2025
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Her nails were a soft, pale pink, and her makeup was minimal—maybe a hint of Rhode’s pocket blush in Piggy.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 June 2025
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“Leftist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leftist. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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