as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue
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The network had been activated by recruiting former members of the old South Korean Labor Party and North Korean partisans, most of them now in their sixties or seventies.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024 -
Third, Gilded Age partisans had to adjust to a new, rapidly changing media environment.—
Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
13 Dec. 2024
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What To Know Last week, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of genocide by restricting water to Gaza amid the country's ongoing war with Hamas militants.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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In the volatile West Bank town of Jenin, militants shot and killed a member of the Palestinian security forces and wounded two others.—
WAFAA SHURAFA AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this month, two student activists at George Mason University in Virginia who were sisters (the current and former leaders of the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter) were banned from campus for four years.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Dec. 2024
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In September of 2024, activists interrupted Biden's climate adviser Ali Zaidi during a Climate Week NYC event condemning the government's funding of fossil fuel projects and military aid for Israel.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Red hots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20hots. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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