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Recent Examples of demagogic
These were the kind of comments that Republicans of the past might have seen at Democratic conventions and viewed as demagogic.
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
First off, reading out demagogic business bashing scripts is not Biden’s nature.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024
This time, an incumbent president had narrowly defeated a demagogic challenger, who was refusing to concede.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Within a year, Fulbright had helped persuade 66 other senators to join him in censuring McCarthy and ending his demagogic run.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demagogic
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Rhodes, the group's founder, is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence after he and other Oath Keepers members were convicted of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge stemming from the Capitol riot.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Court proceedings over the past three years, including in the seditious conspiracy trial against members of the far-right Proud Boys group, have shed light on some FBI informants who were either monitoring or among those in the crowd of Trump's supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Hawai`i’s statehood itself results from a treacherous cabal of business interests–Dole among them–conspiring together on a scheme to wrest control of the land away from Native Hawaiians and give it the U.S.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Sunday evening and Monday morning commutes are likely to be treacherous.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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And somewhere between them on the war/peace continuum sit the men on Rhaenyra’s borderline traitorous council.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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The Safeguarding National Security Bill, passed in March, offers punishments for treason and insurrection with life imprisonment and allows for punishment for possession of treasonous publications with time in prison.Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
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In all our history, there has never been as treasonous or shameful act by anyone in power.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Demagogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demagogic. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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