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tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
the die-hard purists are never going to accept certain words, no matter who uses them
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Recent Examples of die-hard
Caroline Reid, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
But Dunstan sets the table slowly and die-hard genre fans should revel in the wait.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
Tin Man is for the fans — assuming there are die-hard Wizard of Oz heads out there regularly tuning in to Syfy — and as such, its script is full of little references to Baum’s book and the 1939 movie, altered to suit the show’s grittier setting.
—Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
One hundred years later, there’s probably no college football program with a bigger base of die-hard fans that have no practical connection to the school whatsoever.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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Cameos of characters from the original movies kept die-hard fans engrossed and critics lapped it up with its Rotten Tomatoes score not dipping below 90% across five seasons.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
But Dunstan sets the table slowly and die-hard genre fans should revel in the wait.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
Tin Man is for the fans — assuming there are die-hard Wizard of Oz heads out there regularly tuning in to Syfy — and as such, its script is full of little references to Baum’s book and the 1939 movie, altered to suit the show’s grittier setting.
—Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
One hundred years later, there’s probably no college football program with a bigger base of die-hard fans that have no practical connection to the school whatsoever.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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OpenAI was created as a non-profit research lab with a for-profit arm, but has mulled restructuring into a more traditional, for-profit company that could lead to more returns for investors — a plan at which Musk has also taken aim.Clare Duffy, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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This compares to the more traditional form of pardons, which are issued during legal proceedings, or after a conviction.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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The blame for these debacles falls squarely on the neocons.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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What to know about Sean Duffy, Trump’s choice to become transportation secretary Same with Elise Stefanik, the New York congresswoman nominated to be Trump’s United Nations ambassador, who already seems to be working on her MAGA fluency after many years of speaking only neocon.Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
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Good led the conservative House Freedom Caucus but narrowly lost his primary during the summer to Virginia State Senator John McGuire, who was endorsed by President-elect .Sonam Sheth, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Heritage Action, the advocacy arm of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, is working to pressure GOP senators from nine states to support President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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The once influential Wyoming neoconservative was one of the few Republicans to turn against Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and even co-led a House Congressional hearing into the event.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bush’s war, on the other hand, enjoyed the support of a grotesque coalition of Democrats, neoconservatives, and the foreign-policy and liberal media establishments.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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The team began a quick decline after that, a slide that bottomed out last season when the Galaxy fired longtime president Chris Klein amid an embarrassing fan boycott that saw the club’s most loyal supporters refuse to attend matches.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Surpassing 1,000 pages, the tome should be long enough to keep Sanderson's legion of loyal fans sated at least for awhile.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Funnels and Pinch Points Funnels and pinch-points are among the most orthodox stand locations during the rut.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Harris emphasized distributional conflict at a time when few orthodox economists were doing so.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Despite his legal setbacks, Navarro remains a staunch Trump ally and a vocal critic of U.S.-China trade policies.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The comments, published in 2023 biography of Romney, were sparked by Vance's transformation from a Trump critic to a staunch supporter.Zac Anderson, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Die-hard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/die-hard. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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