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Noun
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Ten years ago this month, a 21-year-old misfit who imagined himself a white supremacist zealot walked casually through the unlocked door of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church in the South.—
Kevin Sack,
Time,
3 June 2025 -
North End board member warns of takeover by right-wing ‘zealots’ The decision to fly Pride flags has become a political hot potato.—
Sarah A. Miller,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2025
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Like when Jesse makes the perfectly reasonable decision not to mount a doomed attempt to save a cultist when they're outnumbered by WLF members.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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There, Sith cultists had been working to keep Palpatine's vision for a New Empire alive by building an unstoppable armada.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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“Pietist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pietist. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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