as in strict
not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards
a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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The violence of the last several days has laid bare challenges Syria’s new rulers had, up until last week, largely contained or met: resistance by Assad regime remnants, sectarian revenge attacks, and maintaining discipline over a patchwork of armed militant groups and hard-line foreign fighters.
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
As members of the Assad-era security services, Alawites engaged in some of the worst violations against those opposing Assad’s rule; many now fear retribution from Sunni hard-line factions that are part of post-Assad forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
During a Saturday keynote conversation at South by Southwest, the creator and actress revisited the subject in the wake of many Hollywood’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts shuttering or rebranding in the wake of the second Trump administration’s hard-line stance against DEI.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
His recent actions include pushing hard-line immigration policies and making Florida the first state to recognize Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
As members of the Assad-era security services, Alawites engaged in some of the worst violations against those opposing Assad’s rule; many now fear retribution from Sunni hard-line factions that are part of post-Assad forces.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
During a Saturday keynote conversation at South by Southwest, the creator and actress revisited the subject in the wake of many Hollywood’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts shuttering or rebranding in the wake of the second Trump administration’s hard-line stance against DEI.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
His recent actions include pushing hard-line immigration policies and making Florida the first state to recognize Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-line. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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