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someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
doesn't have many sympathizers since everyone knows he brought his troubles on himself
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Recent Examples of sympathizers
The resultant social fracturing is pitting the vast majority against a newly vocal minority of junta sympathizers.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
In the 1970s, the space was divided into cubicles in which leftist guerrillas and their sympathizers were shocked and waterboarded to force them to reveal the whereabouts of fugitive comrades.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Yoon had justified the martial law order in part by accusing opposition lawmakers without evidence of being North Korean sympathizers.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Marches, resolutions, embargoes, arrest warrants — these are the tactics by which Hamas sympathizers worldwide intend to isolate Israel diplomatically, undermine Israel’s war against terrorism, and intimidate the Jewish people.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 23 Nov. 2024
True-believing Nazis and Nazi sympathizers.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
Taliban sympathizers have stolen any semblance of a normal life from her.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
Female sporting stars have been easy targets for Taliban sympathizers, especially for those among the country’s diaspora.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
By the fall of 1864, when Sherman had taken Atlanta and General Philip Henry Sheridan was running rampant over the Shenandoah Valley, Confederate sympathizers were angrier than ever.
—Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
In the 1970s, the space was divided into cubicles in which leftist guerrillas and their sympathizers were shocked and waterboarded to force them to reveal the whereabouts of fugitive comrades.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Yoon had justified the martial law order in part by accusing opposition lawmakers without evidence of being North Korean sympathizers.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Marches, resolutions, embargoes, arrest warrants — these are the tactics by which Hamas sympathizers worldwide intend to isolate Israel diplomatically, undermine Israel’s war against terrorism, and intimidate the Jewish people.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 23 Nov. 2024
True-believing Nazis and Nazi sympathizers.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
Taliban sympathizers have stolen any semblance of a normal life from her.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
Female sporting stars have been easy targets for Taliban sympathizers, especially for those among the country’s diaspora.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
By the fall of 1864, when Sherman had taken Atlanta and General Philip Henry Sheridan was running rampant over the Shenandoah Valley, Confederate sympathizers were angrier than ever.
—Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Sympathizers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sympathizers. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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