as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue
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Noun
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Good and bad ideas come from all sides of the political spectrum, and hyper-partisans who don’t understand that are unable to see the full range of options when making public policy.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Motele, whose parents were murdered by the Nazis, escaped into the forest and joined a group of Jewish partisans.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Jan. 2026
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The inquiry commission pointed to comments Herzog made less than a week after Hamas militants killed and kidnapped hundreds of Israelis on October 7, 2023.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants fought a full-scale war in 2024.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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They are often held incommunicado for days or weeks and prevented from contacting family members or lawyers, according to activists monitoring the arrests.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The master planned development drew fire when it was proposed, with some community activists and neighborhood groups concerned about displacement of existing business and residences in East and Southeast Austin.—
Travis Webb,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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Mobs of students and true believers called the Red Guard roamed across the country carrying out the wishes of their leader Mao Zedong.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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So even business leaders who aren’t true believers could ask why risk alienating the famously vindictive, most powerful person in the world — and his army of supporters — when doing so would accomplish little, if anything?—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2026
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To now endure censure by overzealous anti-Pretendian crusaders, and banishment by bureaucratic tribal decrees and reactionary blood-quantum rules, feels particularly bitter.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Red hots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20hots. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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