as in rebel
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent
a firebrand who urged crowds to riot during the blackouts
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Recent Examples of firebrand
China is such a significant player in South America that even Argentina’s anti-socialist firebrand president, Javier Milei, has had to dial back his rhetoric.
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Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Republican firebrands, like US Rep. Scott Perry from Pennsylvania, have decried these projects as wasteful and unnecessary.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 24 Oct. 2024
Congressional Democrats who once praised Hogan for his bipartisanship have tried to rebrand him as a fake never-Trumper and an enabler of conservative firebrands such as Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Oct. 2024
This observation doesn’t exactly align with the early firebrand who would literally throw himself into the audience during concerts.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Republican firebrands, like US Rep. Scott Perry from Pennsylvania, have decried these projects as wasteful and unnecessary.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 24 Oct. 2024
Congressional Democrats who once praised Hogan for his bipartisanship have tried to rebrand him as a fake never-Trumper and an enabler of conservative firebrands such as Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Oct. 2024
This observation doesn’t exactly align with the early firebrand who would literally throw himself into the audience during concerts.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firebrand
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The rebels have threatened new attacks in response to Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon and its killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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The Israel-Hamas war has intensified other conflicts in the Middle East, including attacks on international shipping lanes by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Make sure they're evenly spaced around the center agitator.Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
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For three decades, Nitschke has been an agitator in the right-to-die debate.Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
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If former President Donald Trump is elected president, the nation's loudest anti-vaccine proponent could conceivably be in a position to drastically transform U.S. health policy.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bitcoin’s Alternative to Central Control While central bankers argue that Bitcoin’s appeal is based on speculation, its proponents insist that central banks are missing the point.Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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As a result, the very outcome the founders most feared, namely election of a demagogue by a gullible cult of true-believers, has been made possible because of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to avoid precisely that outcome.Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Yale historian Timothy Snyder’s new book On Freedom explains how institutions of government can protect human rights while his 2017 book On Tyranny explains how demagogues succeed in eroding those pillars of society to be replaced by a tyrant.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Photo: David Dee Delgado/AFP/Getty Images Members and supporters of the New York Immigration Coalition at an Election Night watch party at their offices in New York City.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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The extended conversation caused Trump to arrive hours late to his campaign rally in Traverse City, Michigan, though his supporters praised his stamina and work ethic for making the journey between campaign stops.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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As president, Trump leaned even further into his role as a promoter of his own businesses.Zach Everson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kennedy has been a leading promoter of false theories about vaccines being linked to autism.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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Operating in loose cooperation with Lebanese insurgents, these militias wreaked havoc on Israeli forces and their collaborators.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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His ascension was part of a wave of insurgent, anti-establishment candidates who sought to push the Republican Party further to the right.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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My sense is that people infatuated with this tinpot Marxist analysis enjoy the rush of feeling like the naughty provocateur without paying any real price for transgression.Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Turning Point Action, founded by conservative provocateur Charlie Kirk, has held GOP vote-chasing events with at least 22 churches in six swing states since March, according to research conducted by the progressive watchdog group Documented and verified by NBC News.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Firebrand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firebrand. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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