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Recent Examples of pinko
My general experience with campaigns is that winning candidates are almost always those who attack their opponents remorselessly and relentlessly — those who convince the voters that the other guy is a racist, a pinko, a warmonger, a coward, a crook, a greedy capitalist, whatever.
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Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinko
Noun
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Yankee lefty Carlos Rodon (11.7 TPRAA) owes his success more to a very high K rate than to his command or contact management ability, as usual.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The lefty sinkerballer has become famous for his poise under pressure.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For years, undercooked pork was a big concern, leading home cooks to avoid any signs of pink for food safety.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
31 July 2025
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Johnson also rocked a lighter shade of pink on his lips.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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During the Cold War, this was viewed as a threat to U.S. interests, and followers were branded as communists.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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That film also saw the president's plane hijacked by dirty rotten commies (Gary Oldman this time instead of Nancy Stephens) and, just like with Pleasence, the President of the United States is ushered into an escape pod.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2024
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Democratic socialists are winning primaries, but live-action Stitch is winning at the box office and letting Lilo go into foster care.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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The attention given to whether Mamdani is a socialist of some kind is a wake-up call to observers and citizens to look more carefully at questions about political economy and the language that is used by candidates, the media and pundits.—
Dave Anderson,
Baltimore Sun,
27 July 2025
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“Pinko.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinko. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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