as in proponent
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent
a kindler of riots and public protests, the anarchist Emma Goldman was eventually deported to Russia
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The 43-year-old former football player has been a longtime, outspoken proponent of LGBTQ rights.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025 -
Indirect-cost rates are controversial: The proportion of NIH funding that has gone to them has grown over time, and proponents of trimming overhead argue that doing so would make research more efficient.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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This year, the Super Bowl booked Compton firebrand Kendrick Lamar, offering a former award-show rabble-rouser an audience with President Trump in attendance.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2025
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There was a moment of silence and a video showing Moore at his firebrand best, but the most moving tribute may have been delivered by Cortese.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Last week, a humanitarian ceasefire announced by M23 fell apart almost immediately after it was declared, as the rebels swiftly advanced into Nyabibwe.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Trump could also run into problems in Congress where the Republicans have only a slim majority in both the Senate and House, meaning a small number of GOP rebels could disrupt his plans.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Reviewed, a consumer product review website, shared a post explaining how socks can go missing in top-loading machines: They can get lodged under the agitator (the: pole in the middle of the washer).—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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At first, the government tried to ignore the protests, then began to use force and accused the protests of being infiltrated by foreign agitators.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Transit supporters call him the last chance to ensure the system gets extensive repairs, before a cascade of deferred problems ripples across the subway, buses and commuter railroads.—
Stefanos Chen,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The arrest was triggered by tips to Austrian intelligence that a supporter of IS had posted stories and videos with Islamic extremist content on several TikTok profiles.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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The monastery was founded here in 874, at the site of one of the country’s first Christian churches, built in 305, following a dream a hermit-monk who’d lived for ten years on the island had about the 12 apostles.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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Brigham Young and the 11 other apostles had to draw strings to see who was going to talk to be the next prophet.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Britain, under the comparatively liberal Keir Starmer, has a rather more niche anxiety: that its citizens will leave and then return as insurgents.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Pakistani security forces killed 27 insurgents during a raid on a militant hideout, according to a statement from the country's military.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Many Latines who are conservative in the U.S. come from countries where similar right-wing demagogues were elected in the last decade.—
Nicole Froio,
refinery29.com,
6 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s statecraft is, in these respects, not the impulse of a misguided and capricious demagogue but an appropriate response to a changing world and a changing America.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Kindler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindler. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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