as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
felt like a Colonel Blimp when it came to how his grandchildren communicated with each other
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025 -
But universities themselves opened the door to criticism by having expressed hostility to the views of many conservatives, former UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks said.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Before the game, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller said veteran pitcher Yu Darvish was progressing in playing catch, but there was no specific timetable for his return from elbow inflammation.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The union represents nurses caring for patients' physical and mental health at veterans facilities around the country.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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The fact that this fossil slipped under the radar for decades isn’t surprising, said lead study author Dr. Anthony Romilio, a paleontologist and research associate with the university’s Dinosaur Lab.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Among the fossils found at Shishugou, Guanlong wucaii stands out as an important discovery.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 May 2020
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Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
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“Colonel Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Colonel%20Blimp. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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